Hard X-ray response of CdZnTe detectors in the Swift burst alert telescope

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1033-1035

  Suzuki, Masaya ^a   Tashiro, Makoto ^a   Sato, Goro ^b,c   Watanabe, Shin ^b   Nakazawa, Kazuhiro ^b   Takahashi, Tadayuki ^b   Okada, Yuu ^c   Takahashi, Hiromitsu ^c   Parsons, Ann ^d   Barthelmy, Scott ^d   Cummings, Jay ^d   Gehrels, Neil ^d   Hullinger, Derek ^d   Krimm, Hans ^d   Tueller, Jack ^d  

^a SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

BAT; CdZnTe; Energy calibration; Gamma ray detector; Mobility lifetime products; Spectral modeling; Swift

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRON MOBILITY; GAMMA RAYS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

CDZNTE; ENERGY CALIBRATION; MOBILITY-LIFETIME PRODUCTS; SPECTRAL MODELING; SWIFT;

PARTICLE DETECTORS;

EID: 27644555260     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2005.852968     Document Type: Article

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