Rutherford scattering based detector for the MoNA Collaboration*

The MoNA Collaboration has been studying neutron rich nuclei along the neutron dripline for two-decades using the MoNA-LISA-Sweeper setup at the then National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory and will continue to do so at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams which started operation in the Spring 2022. A detector based on the Rutherford scattering process is being developed by the MoNA Collaboration to calibrate experiments against each other. A Geant4 Monte Carlo simulation was also built to benchmark the physics list using a recently acquired kit from Leybold and optimize the detector geometry and performances. Data from the kit were acquired during the 2023 Physicists Inspiring the Next Generation: Exploring the Nuclear Matter summer program. The preliminary results obtained with two targets (gold and aluminum) along with the design of such detector will be presented and discussed.