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Advanced digital detector arrays enhance charged particle damping research

The detector array consists of a plastic scintillator detector, a quadrant silicon detector (QSD), a double-sided silicon detector (DSSD), and a high-purity germanium (HPGE) detector. Credit: Xin-Xing Xu The exotic nuclei near and beyond the proton drip line exhibit a variety of unique attenuation processes, including β-latered proton release, alpha decay, and direct proton radioactivity. Spectroscopic studies utilizing highly efficient,…