Begoña Quintana Arnés PTU Alvaro Hernández Prieto PhD Electronic Physicist María Doncel Monasterio PhD Nuclear Physicist (CPAN technician since next June)

Objectives 1.To set a Ge characterization facility: Detector workshop Segmented Ge acceptance test laboratory Ge electric response test system ( SALSA ) 2.To contribute to the developments for AGATA Imaging for DESPEC Pulse shape analysis for the accurate assignment of interaction positions 3.To take an active part in the AGATA Physics program

The SAlamanca Lyso-based Scanning Array SALSA Total € FPA € “Towards a deep characterization of a 64-fold- pixilated Position Sensitive Detector for a new Gamma-Scanning System of HPGe segmented detectors”. Oral contribution to ANNIMA 2011 Ge characterization method based on the comparison of Ge signals by F. Crespi NIMA 593 (2008)

Pulse Shape Analysis Characterization of a BEGe detector D. Barrientos et al. NIMA. doi: /j.nima Talk at Imaging 2010, Estocolmo (Suecia). Poster at IEEE 2010, Knoxville (Tennesse, Estados Unidos). Work performed in collaboration with the Liverpool Gamma Spectroscopy group supported by JCyL and MICINN

Imaging for the Decay SPECtroscopy experiment at FAIR M. Doncel et al., NIMA 662 (2010) M. Doncel et al., NIMA doi: /j.nima Oral talk at “Imaging 2010”, Estocolmo (Sweden) Test performed at Liverpool: planar + AGATA capsule Investment in a segmented planar65k€ (IFIC, UAM, USAL)

Participation in the AGATA Physics program 72 Zn 74 Zn PRISMA particle spectrometer at INFN-LNL

Funds requested for SALSA SubjectCost (k€) Digital electronics for the Ge detector characterization system: - Digitazing cards - Data pre-processing card - Triggering system 33 Work station for Ge electric signal data acquisition and analysis6 Maintenance: - Analogic NIM modules for the coincidence electronics - Small detectors 5 TOTAL44

Funds requested for the AGATA triple cluster SubjectCost (k€) AGATA triple cluster cryostat106 Electrónics and infrastructure needed for the triple cluster: - HV sources - Automatic liquid Ni filling system and cryogenia - mecánica de montaje 15 Front-end electronics: - General Trigger System (GTS) cards - three farms forPSA - Equipment for data transfer 23.8 TOTAL144.8

Other funds SubjectCost (k€) Consumables: Electronic componens, coaxial cables, optical fiber, radioactive source 22 Travels (meetings, wokshops, experiments)44.4 Personnel To complete the SALSA setup. Characterization works with SALSA of the planar Ge detector and the AGATA capsules (one already purchased) 90