The X-ray spectroscopic performance of a very large area silicon drift detector

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 832-835

  Zampa, Gianluigi ^a   Rashevsky, Alexander ^a   Vacchi, Andrea ^a  

^a SEZIONE DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Performance evaluation; Silicon drift detector; X ray spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

BIASING CONDITIONS; ELECTRODE GEOMETRIES; ENERGY RESOLUTIONS; HIGH-ENERGY RESOLUTION; LOW ENERGY X RAYS; LOW-ENERGY X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY; NOISE PERFORMANCE; NOISE SOURCE; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; SENSITIVE AREA; SILICON DRIFT DETECTOR;

SILICON DETECTORS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; X RAY SPECTROMETERS; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; X RAYS;

METAL DETECTORS;

EID: 67649220880     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2008.2007955     Document Type: Article

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