SABRE: The Silicon Array for Branching Ratio Experiments

E. C. Good, Louisiana State University
B. Sudarsan, Louisiana State University
K. T. Macon, Louisiana State University
C. M. Deibel, Louisiana State University
L. T. Baby, Florida State University
J. C. Blackmon, Louisiana State University
C. Benetti, Florida State University
J. C. Esparza, Florida State University
N. Gerken, Florida State University
K. Hanselman, Florida State University
G. W. McCann, Florida State University
A. B. Morelock, Florida State University
J. F. Perello, Florida State University
K. H. Pham, Louisiana State University
E. Rubino, Florida State University
E. Temanson, Florida State University
I. Wiedenhöver, Florida State University

Abstract

The Silicon Array for Branching Ratio Experiments (SABRE) has been developed for use to study reactions of interest to nuclear structure and astrophysics. The array has been incorporated into the Super Enge Split-Pole Spectrograph (SE-SPS) experimental setup at Florida State University's John D. Fox accelerator laboratory to detect charged-particle decays in coincidence with reaction products detected by the SE-SPS focal plane detector. Its construction and electronics processing are discussed, as well as the commissioning data used to validate its performance.