SAPhIR: a fission-fragment detector

SAPhIR is the acronym for S_aclay A_quitaine P_h_otovoltaic cells for I_somer R_esearch. It consists of solar cells, used for fission-fragment detection. It is a collaboration between 3 laboratories: CEA Saclay, CENBG Bordeaux and CEA Bruyeres le Châtel. The coupling of a highly efficient fission-fragment detector like SAPhIR with EUROBALL will provide new insights in the study of very deformed nuclear matter and in the spectroscopy of neutron-rich nuclei.