A study of the spectroscopic performance of a CdTe microstrip detector

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 50, Issue 4 II, 2003, Pages 1026-1030

  Dusi, Waldes ^a   Auricchio, Natalia ^a   Brigliadori, Luca ^a,b   Cola, Adriano ^c   Donati, Ariano ^a   Landini, Gianni ^a   Mengoni, Daniele ^a   Perillo, Eugenio ^d   Siffert, Paul ^e   Ventura, Giulio ^a  

^a OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^e Faculté de Médecine   (France)

Author keywords

CdTe spectrometer; Microstrip detectors; Semiconductor detectors; Various irradiation angles; X and Gamma ray spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ANODES; CATHODES; GAMMA RAYS; IRRADIATION; MICROSTRIP DEVICES; PHOTONS; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM TELLURIDE; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

IRRADIATION ANGLES;

PARTICLE DETECTORS;

EID: 0041926386     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2003.815170     Document Type: Conference Paper

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