Identification of photons in double beta-decay experiments using segmented germanium detectors-Studies with a GERDA phase II prototype detector

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

Volumn 583, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 332-340

  Abt, I ^a   Caldwell, A ^a   Kroninger K ^a   Liu, J ^a   Liu, X ^a   Majorovits, B ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Double beta decay; Germanium detectors; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

GERMANIUM; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTONS; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING;

DOUBLE BETA-DECAY; GERMANIUM DETECTORS; PHOTONIC EVENTS; PROTOTYPE DETECTORS;

DETECTORS;

EID: 36148970826     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2007.09.017     Document Type: Article

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