A simple method for the characterization of HPGe detectors

Conference Record - IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages 1828-1832

  Medina, Patrice ^a   Santos, Cayetano ^a   Villaumé, Denis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

ray tracking; Anisotropy; Pulse shape; Segmented HPGe detectors; Simulation

Indexed keywords

HPGE DETECTORS; MULTI GEOMETRY SIMULATION (MGS); RAMO'S THEOREM; SIGNAL INDUCTION;

ALGORITHMS; ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DETECTORS; DOPPLER EFFECT; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS; GAMMA RAYS; GERMANIUM; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; POISSON EQUATION; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

PULSE SHAPING CIRCUITS;

EID: 4644305771     PISSN: 10915281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IMTC.2004.1351438     Document Type: Conference Paper

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