An advanced preamplifier for highly segmented germanium detectors

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 2869-2875

  Pullia, A ^a   Zocca, F ^a   Pascovici, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Charge sensitive preamplifier; Gamma ray spectroscopy; Germanium detector

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); CAPACITANCE MEASUREMENT; GAMMA RAYS; GERMANIUM; NUCLEAR RADIATION SPECTROSCOPY; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

CHARGE-SENSITIVE PREAMPLIFIER; ENERGY RESOLUTION; GAMMA RAY SPECTROSCOPY; SYSTEM DEAD TIME;

RADIATION DETECTORS;

EID: 33750414362     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2006.880402     Document Type: Article

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