Goniometer Implementation for HPGe Gamma Spectrometers
Document Type
Poster
Campus where you would like to present
Ellensburg
Event Website
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/source
Start Date
18-5-2020
Abstract
The goal of this project was to design and assemble a low-cost apparatus for performing angular correlation measurements of gamma rays using the two HPGe gamma spectrometers owned by the CWU Physics Department. Angular correlation measurements evaluate the angular relationships between multiple gamma rays emitted in nuclear decay. These gamma rays have an associated angular momentum that determines the angular distribution of a second gamma ray. Measuring the angular correlation of gamma rays emitted by a particular isotope uses two gamma ray detectors set up equidistant from a source and oriented relative to each other over a range of angles. A feasible design that could be fabricated in the CWU Physics shop was designed using SOLIDWORKS and coordinated with the principal end user and the Physics Technician. Unfortunately, this project was unavoidably interrupted in-progress and has not yet been completed. The steps of the design process, final design, and future steps and plans will be presented.
Recommended Citation
Godinez, David, "Goniometer Implementation for HPGe Gamma Spectrometers" (2020). Symposium Of University Research and Creative Expression (SOURCE). 88.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/source/2020/COTS/88
Department/Program
Physics
Additional Mentoring Department
https://cwu.studentopportunitycenter.com/2020/04/goniometer-implementation-for-hpge-gamma-spectrometers/
Goniometer Implementation for HPGe Gamma Spectrometers
Ellensburg
The goal of this project was to design and assemble a low-cost apparatus for performing angular correlation measurements of gamma rays using the two HPGe gamma spectrometers owned by the CWU Physics Department. Angular correlation measurements evaluate the angular relationships between multiple gamma rays emitted in nuclear decay. These gamma rays have an associated angular momentum that determines the angular distribution of a second gamma ray. Measuring the angular correlation of gamma rays emitted by a particular isotope uses two gamma ray detectors set up equidistant from a source and oriented relative to each other over a range of angles. A feasible design that could be fabricated in the CWU Physics shop was designed using SOLIDWORKS and coordinated with the principal end user and the Physics Technician. Unfortunately, this project was unavoidably interrupted in-progress and has not yet been completed. The steps of the design process, final design, and future steps and plans will be presented.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/source/2020/COTS/88
Faculty Mentor(s)
Michael Braunstein