Advanced Gamma Tracking Array (AGATA)
The Advanced Gamma Tracking Array (AGATA) is a European germanium detector for nuclear structure research. It will be used in experiments using ion beams to study the structure of atomic nuclei at the limits of their stability. This will play a key role in the HISPEC experiment at the Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR). AGATA, a mobile detector system, will also be used at other European accelerator laboratories.
AGATA currently is expanding to increase its capacity. It now consists of just under 45 High Purity Geranium (HPGe) crystals. The complete version of the spectrometer (AGATA 4π), expected to be completed in a couple of years, will have 180 HPGe crystals.
The Council for Research Infrastructures (RFI) funds this research infrastructure, which the Swedish Research Council considers to be in the national interest.
Related information
Advanced Gamma Tracking Array (AGATA) website
Scientific article in Springer link that describes the scientific program for AGATA
Contact
Johan Nyberg, Professor at the Department of Physics and Astronomy.
