Review of the Shockley-Ramo theorem and its application in semiconductor gamma-ray detectors

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 463, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 250-267

  He, Zhong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Position sensitive detectors; Radiation detectors; Shockley Ramo theorem; Single polarity charge sensing; Wide band gap semiconductors; X and ray spectrometers

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY GAP; ENERGY TRANSFER; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; X RAY SPECTROMETERS;

POSITION SENSITIVE DETECTORS; SEMICONDUCTOR GAMMA RAY DETECTORS; SHOCKLEY-RAMO THEOREM; SINGLE POLARITY CHARGE SENSING;

PARTICLE DETECTORS;

EID: 0035339382     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(01)00223-6     Document Type: Article

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