Overview and performance of the 2023 MUGAST@LISE campaign at GANIL

TL;DR

This paper reviews the 2023 MUGAST@LISE campaign at GANIL, highlighting the array's design, performance, and its role in transfer reaction studies, as well as its integration with gamma-ray spectrometers and future developments.

Contribution

It presents the performance and application of the MUGAST silicon array in recent experiments, and discusses its development towards next-generation arrays with pulse shape analysis.

Findings

Successful deployment of MUGAST at GANIL for transfer reaction studies

Integration with gamma-ray spectrometers enhances experimental capabilities

Demonstrated potential for future silicon array developments using PSA

Abstract

MUGAST is a state-of-the-art silicon array combining trapezoidal and square shaped double-sided silicon strip detectors (DSSD) to four MUST2 telescopes. Coupled to a {\gamma}-ray spectrometer, the excellent angular coverage and compacity of the MUGAST array make it an ideal tool for the study of transfer reactions. It is a first step toward the development of the new generation of silicon arrays using pulse shape analysis (PSA) for particle identification, such as the future GRIT array developed by our collaboration. In recent years, MUGAST has been widely used at GANIL. First with the AGATA {\gamma}-ray spectrometer and the VAMOS large acceptance spectrometer for the study of ISOL beams from the SPIRAL1 facility. It is now coupled with twelve EXOGAM clovers and to a new zero degree detection system at the end of the LISE fragmentation beamline.