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FAZIA stands for the Four Pi A and Z Identification Array.
This is a project which aims at building a new 4pi
particle detector
In experimental and applied particle physics, nuclear physics, and nuclear engineering, a particle detector, also known as a radiation detector, is a device used to detect, track, and/or identify ionizing particles, such as those produced by nuc ...
for
charged particles
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. It will operate in the domain of heavy-ion induced reactions around the
Fermi energy
The Fermi energy is a concept in quantum mechanics usually referring to the energy difference between the highest and lowest occupied single-particle states in a quantum system of non-interacting fermions at absolute zero temperature.
In a Fermi ga ...
. It groups together more than 10 institutions worldwide in
Nuclear Physics
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Nuclear physics should not be confused with atomic physics, which studies the ...
. It is planned to work in 2013-2014, coincidentally to the advent of new high intensity
particle accelerators
A particle accelerator is a machine that uses electromagnetic fields to propel charged particles to very high speeds and energies, and to contain them in well-defined beams.
Large accelerators are used for fundamental research in particle ...
for radioactive nuclear beams. A large effort on research and development is currently made, especially on
digital electronics
Digital electronics is a field of electronics involving the study of digital signals and the engineering of devices that use or produce them. This is in contrast to analog electronics and analog signals.
Digital electronic circuits are usual ...
and
pulse shape analysis
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, in order to improve the detection capabilities of such
particle detector
In experimental and applied particle physics, nuclear physics, and nuclear engineering, a particle detector, also known as a radiation detector, is a device used to detect, track, and/or identify ionizing particles, such as those produced by nuc ...
s in different domains, such as charge and mass identification, lower energy thresholds, as well as improved energetic and
angular resolution
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s.
References
* G. Poggi (INFN Firenze, Italy) Isospin effects : toward a new generation array Proceedings to the XVth GANIL Colloque, Giens, June 2006
* O. Lopez (LPC Caen, France) FAZIA for EURISOL: Physics cases EURISOL Town Meeting, Task 10 (Physics and Instrumentation), CERN, November 2006
* L. Bardelli(INFN Firenze, Italy) FAZIA for EURISOL : Instrumentation EURISOL Town Meeting, Task 10 (Physics and Instrumentation), CERN, November 2006
* G. Verde (GANIL, France), presentation for the SPIRAL2 meeting, GANIL, October 2006