Characterizing and correcting the cross-talk effect on depth measurement in the NCT detectors

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1210-1214

  Liu, Zong Kai ^a   Chang, Yuan Hann ^a   Boggs, Steven E ^b   Bandstra, Mark S ^b   Bellm, Eric C ^b   Bowen, Jason D ^b   Perez Becker, Daniel ^b   Wunderer, Cornelia B ^b   Zoglauer, Andreas ^b   Amman, Mark ^c   Luke, Paul N ^c   Chang, Hsiang Kuang ^d   Chiu, Jeng Lun ^d   Liang, Jau Shian ^d   Lin, Chih Hsun ^e   Hung, Wei Che ^e  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL SPACE ORGANIZATION   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Compton telescope; Gamma ray astronomy detectors; Germanium radiation detectors

Indexed keywords

3D POSITIONS; ASTROPHYSICAL SOURCES; CHARGE COLLECTION; COMPTON TELESCOPE; CROSS-STRIP; DEPTH MEASUREMENTS; GAMMA-RAY ASTRONOMY DETECTORS; GERMANIUM DETECTOR; INTERACTION DEPTH; NUCLEAR LINES; PHOTON INTERACTIONS; RELATIVE TIMING; TIMING INFORMATION; TIMING MEASUREMENT;

ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITES; ASTROPHYSICS; CROSSTALK; GAMMA RAYS; GERMANIUM; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; RADIATION DAMAGE; STARS; TELESCOPES; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TIME MEASUREMENT;

RADIATION DETECTORS;

EID: 67649224319     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2009.2012857     Document Type: Article

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