A pulse shape discrimination gamma-ray detector based on a silicon drift chamber coupled to a CsI(Tl) scintillator: Prospects for a 1 keV-1 MeV monolithic detector

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 51, Issue 4 II, 2004, Pages 1916-1922

  Marisaldi, Martino ^a   Labanti, Claudio ^a   Soltau, Heike ^b  

^a OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b PNSENSOR GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gamma ray detectors; Pulse shape discrimination; Silicon drift detectors; X ray detectors

Indexed keywords

GAMMA-RAY DETECTORS; PULSE SHAPE DISCRIMINATION; SILICON DRIFT DETECTORS (SDD); X-RAY DETECTORS;

CRYSTALS; GAMMA RAYS; PHOSPHORS; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTODIODES; SCINTILLATION; SILICON;

PARTICLE DETECTORS;

EID: 4444357417     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2004.832679     Document Type: Article

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