Long-term stability of 1-cm thick pixelated HgI2 gamma-ray spectrometers operating at room temperature

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 51, Issue 4 I, 2004, Pages 1886-1894

  Baciak, James E ^a   He, Zhong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETECTOR DESIGN; ENERGY RESOLUTIONS; MERCURIC IODIDE (HGI2); PIXEL;

ANODES; DETECTORS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; ELECTRON TRAPS; ELECTRONS; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS; PALLADIUM;

MERCURY COMPOUNDS;

EID: 4444291875     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2004.832900     Document Type: Conference Paper

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