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Signal and
Background
for 160 MeV
protons
Signal and Background for 160 MeV protons
Spectrum measured for 100MeV
protons w/o collimator – high energy!
High count rates and large
background (gammas and neutrons)
Fast electronics, smart signal processing needed
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Prompt
-emission: commercial design
I. Perali et al, PMB 59, 2014
Slit camera (4cm tungsten) approach:
1D projection of prompt gammas along beam path
on a segmented scintillator (no TOF)