Germanium strip detector compton telescope using three-dimensional readout

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 50, Issue 4 II, 2003, Pages 1182-1189

  Wulf, Eric A ^a   Phlips, Bernard F ^a   Johnson, W Neil ^a   Kroeger, Richard A ^a   Kurfess, James D ^a   Novikova, Elena I ^b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compton telescope; Semiconductor detector; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; GAMMA RAYS; GERMANIUM; LIGHT SCATTERING; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

DEPTH RESOLUTION;

RADIATION DETECTORS;

EID: 0041926323     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2003.815133     Document Type: Conference Paper

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