A superconducting beta spectrometer

L D Knutson; G W Severin; S L Cotter; Li Zhan; P A Voytas; E A George

doi:10.1063/1.3608454

A superconducting beta spectrometer

Rev Sci Instrum. 2011 Jul;82(7):073302. doi: 10.1063/1.3608454.

Authors

L D Knutson¹, G W Severin, S L Cotter, Li Zhan, P A Voytas, E A George

Affiliation

¹ The University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1150 University Ave., Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA.

PMID: 21806177
DOI: 10.1063/1.3608454

Abstract

We have designed and constructed a superconducting beta spectrometer with a momentum resolution of about 2% and a peak solid angle of 0.5 sr. The performance of the spectrometer is described and the results of calibrations with line sources are presented.