Performance tests of large area position-sensitive planar germanium detectors with conventional and amorphous contacts

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

Volumn 602, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 467-476

  Gros, S ^a,b   Hammond, N J ^a   Lister, C J ^a   Chowdhury, P ^c   Fischer, S M ^a,d   Freeman, S J ^e  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c University of Massachusetts Lowell   (United States)

^d DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Position sensitive germanium detectors

Indexed keywords

BORON; BORON COMPOUNDS; ELECTRODES; GAMMA RAYS; GERMANIUM; TRACKING (POSITION);

AMORPHOUS GERMANIUMS; DETECTOR TECHNOLOGIES; DIGITAL PULSE-SHAPE ANALYSIS; ENERGY RESOLUTIONS; GAMMA-RAY IMAGING; GERMANIUM WAFERS; LITHIUM ELECTRODES; PERFORMANCE TESTS; PLANAR DETECTORS; PLANAR GERMANIUM DETECTORS; POSITION SENSITIVE GERMANIUM DETECTORS; POSITION SENSITIVITIES; POSITION-SENSITIVE DETECTORS; STRIP ELECTRODES;

DETECTORS;

EID: 63149148800     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2008.12.194     Document Type: Article

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