Texas Active Target (TexAT) detector for experiments with rare isotope beams

• DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2020.163398
• Publication Date: 2020-01-09T16:29:16Z
• Authors: E. Koshchiy; G.V. Rogachev; E. Pollacco; S. Ahn; E. Uberseder; J. Hooker; J. Bishop; E. Aboud; M. Barbui; V.Z. Goldberg; C. Hunt; H. Jayatissa; C. Magana; R. O’Dwyer; B.T. Roeder; A. Saastamoinen; S. Upadhyayula
• Keywords: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors; Time projection chambers; Micromegas detector; FOS: Physical sciences; Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det); [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex]; CsI(Tl) detectors; 7. Clean energy; 03 medical and health sciences; Silicon-strip detectors; 0302 clinical medicine; Inverse kinematics; Charged particle detection; Particle track; [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det]; Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex); Vertex reconstruction; Nuclear Experiment; Radioactive beams; Active gas target

18 pages, 36 figures<br/>The TexAT (Texas Active Target) detector is a new active-target time projection chamber (TPC) that was built at the Cyclotron Institute Texas A$\&$M University. The detector is designed to be of general use for nuclear structure and nuclear astrophysics experiments with rare isotope beams. TexAT combines a highly segmented Time Projection Chamber (TPC) with two layers of solid state detectors. It provides high efficiency and flexibility for experiments with low intensity exotic beams, allowing for the 3D track reconstruction of the incoming and outgoing particles involved in nuclear reactions and decays.<br/>