Accounting for incomplete charge collection in Monte Carlo simulations of the efficiency of well-type Ge-detectors

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

Volumn 498, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 340-351

  Hernandez F ^a   El Daoushy, F ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Efficiency; HPGe detectors; Incomplete charge collection; Monte carlo simulations

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALS; ELECTRIC CHARGE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

INCOMPLETE CHARGE COLLECTION;

NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTATION;

EID: 0037431977     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(02)02080-6     Document Type: Article

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