A comparative study of silicon drift detectors with photomultipliers, avalanche photodiodes and PIN photodiodes in gamma spectrometry with LaBr 3 crystals

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1006-1011

  Moszynski M ^a   Plettner, C ^b   Nassalski, A ^a   Szczesniak T ^a   Swiderski L ^a   Syntfeld Kazuch, A ^a   Czarnacki, W ^a   Pausch, G ^b   Stein, J ^b   Niculae, A ^c   Soltau, H ^c  

^a SOLTAN INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR STUDIES   (Poland)

^b ICx Radiation   (Germany)

^c PNSENSOR GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Avalanche photodiodes; Energy resolution; LaBr3 scintillator; Photomultipliers; Pin photodiodes

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DARK NOISE; ELECTRON HOLE PAIRS; ENERGY RESOLUTION; ENERGY RESOLUTIONS; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; GAMMA-RAY ENERGY; HIGH ENERGY; LABR3 SCINTILLATOR; LARGE AREA AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES; LOW ENERGIES; MUNICH , GERMANY; PIN PHOTODIODE; PIN PHOTODIODES; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SILICON DRIFT DETECTOR;

AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES; CERIUM; CERIUM COMPOUNDS; CESIUM; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS; GAMMA RAYS; HETEROJUNCTION BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; LUMINESCENCE; METAL DETECTORS; PHOTODIODES; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SILICON DETECTORS; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROMETRY; X RAY CAMERAS;

PHOTOMULTIPLIERS;

EID: 67649171801     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2008.2005110     Document Type: Article

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