Characterization of a CZT focal plane small prototype for hard X-ray telescope

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 3091-3095

  Del Sordo, S ^a   Abbene, L ^a   Zora, M ^a   Agnetta, G ^a   Biondo, B ^a   Mangano, A ^a   Russo, F ^a   Caroli, E ^a   Auricchio, N ^a   Donati, A ^a   Schiavone, F ^a   Stephen, J B ^a   Ventura, G ^a   Bertuccio, G ^b   Caccia, S ^b   Sampietro, M ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

CZT; Focal plane; Hard X ray; Pixel detector; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

FOCAL PLANE; HARD X-RAYS; PIXEL DETECTOR; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

CHARACTERIZATION; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM TELLURIDE; SINGLE CRYSTALS; X RAYS; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

PARTICLE DETECTORS;

EID: 33144464622     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2005.862916     Document Type: Article

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