Simulations of pulse shape discrimination (PSD) techniques for background reduction in germanium detectors

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

Volumn 403, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 136-150

  Philhour, B ^a   Boggs, S E ^a   Primbsch, J H ^a   Slassi Sennou, A S ^a   Lin, R P ^a   Feffer, P T ^a   McBride, S ^a   Goulding, F S ^b   Madden, N W ^b   Pehl, R H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA RAY SPECTROMETERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PERFORMANCE; PULSE ANALYZING CIRCUITS; SEMICONDUCTING GERMANIUM; SPACECRAFT INSTRUMENTS;

BACKGROUND REDUCTION;

SEMICONDUCTOR COUNTERS;

EID: 18244429358     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(97)01071-1     Document Type: Article

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