dc.contributor.advisor |
Kanungo, Rituparna |
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dc.creator |
Fortier, Patrick R. |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2013-10-08T18:05:38Z |
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dc.date.available |
2013-10-08T18:05:38Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2013 |
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dc.identifier.other |
QC787 I6 F67 2013 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://library2.smu.ca/xmlui/handle/01/25279 |
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dc.description |
ix, 115 leaves : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm. |
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dc.description |
Includes abstract and appendices. |
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dc.description |
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 113-115). |
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dc.description.abstract |
The ISAC charged particle reaction spectroscopy station (IRIS), a new experimental facility at TRIUMF, is developed to study light and heavy proton- and neutron-rich nuclei. Due to the production processes of these nuclei, besides the nucleus of interest, contaminants with the same mass number may be present. To identify these contaminants, IRIS employs a low-pressure ionization chamber (IC), which tags the atomic number of the particles in the beam as they pass through the IC prior to interacting with the reaction target; a first in a low energy facility (<15A MeV). The IRIS IC uses a coplanar anode system with sixteen independent anodes. Its characteristics were studied and optimized throughout this work by using a pulser and 241Am alpha source and two stable beams (18O, 40Ar). After parameter optimization, the results show that the IRIS IC has the capability to distinguish isobars at Z = 1 for the beams studied. |
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en |
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dc.publisher |
Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University |
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dc.subject.lcc |
QC787.I6 |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
TRIUMF |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Ionization chambers -- Design and construction |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Isotopes |
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dc.title |
Development of a low-pressure ionization chamber for rare isotope experiments at IRIS |
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dc.type |
Text |
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thesis.degree.name |
Master of Science in Applied Science |
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thesis.degree.level |
Masters |
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thesis.degree.discipline |
Astronomy and Physics |
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thesis.degree.grantor |
Saint Mary's University (Halifax, N.S.) |
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