Planar detector- a new generation of detector for spectroscopy and possible reaction measurements

Planar detectors are a potential next generation of -spectroscopy detectors capable of y tracking due to their segmented nature. Such detectors allow for a high efficiency of detection desired for decay studies of nuclei far from the line of stability, as have been proposed within the DESPEC experiments in the NUSTAR collaboration. Hence, as a first step in characterizing such a detector for the DESPEC measurements, in the present work, response of a planar HPGe strip detector, in particular, the effect of cross-talk between the different strips of this detector on the energy signals and a method for correcting it, will be presented. Apart from the spectroscopy studies, the property of this detector to recover the Compton scattered events thus leading to a huge improvement in the peak to background ratio can also be put to use to measure fusion cross-sections at deep sub-barrier energies. The concept of such measurements will be presented for the 12C+89Y system and use of planar detectors in future measurements of this type will be discussed.