The SPEDE spectrometer

Abstract

8 pags., 10 figs., 2 tabs. ; The electron spectrometer, SPEDE, has been developed and will be employed in conjunction with the Miniball spectrometer at the HIE-ISOLDE facility, CERN. SPEDE allows for direct measurement of internal conversion electrons emitted in-flight, without employing magnetic fields to transport or momentum filter the electrons. Together with the Miniball spectrometer, it enables simultaneous observation of rays and conversion electrons in Coulomb excitation experiments using radioactive ion beams. ; The research leading to these results has received funding from the People Programme (Marie Curie Actions) of the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under REA grant agreement n 304033, by the Academy of Finland (contract number 265023) and by the United Kingdom Science and Technology Facilities Council (Grant Ref. ST/J000094/1). The Miniball collaboration is acknowledged for supporting this project. In addition, the German BMBF under contracts 05P15RDCIA and 05P15PKCIA and >Verbundprojekt 05P2015> are acknowledged. ; Peer Reviewed