Development of large acceptance multi-purpose spectrometer in Korea for symmetry energy

The Rare Isotope Accelerator complex for ON-line experiments (RAON) is a new radioactive ion beam accelerator facility under construction in Korea. The large acceptance multi-purpose spectrometer (LAMPS) is one of the experimental devices for nuclear physicsat RAON. It focuses on the nuclear symmetry energy at supra-saturation densities. The LAMPS Collaboration has developed and constructed various detector elements, including a time projection chamber(TPC) and a forward neutron detector array. From the positron beam test, the drift velocityof the secondary electronsin the TPC is \(5.3 \pm 0.2\) cm/\(\upmu \)s with P10 gas mixture, and the position resolution for pads with dimensions of 4 \(\times \) 15 mm\(^{2}\) is in the range of \(\sim \) 0.6–0.8 mm, depending on the beam position. From the neutron beam test, the energy resolution of the prototype neutron detector module is determined to be 3.4%, and the position resolution is estimated to be better than 5.28 cm. At present, the construction of the LAMPS neutron detector system is in progress.