Characterisation results from an AGATA prototype detector

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1593-1599

  Dimmock, Matthew Richard ^a   Boston, Andrew John ^a   Boston, Helen Claire ^a   Cresswell, John Ronald ^a   Nelson, Laura ^a   Nolan, Paul J ^a   Unsworth, Carl ^a   Lazarus, Ian H ^b   Simpson, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b DARESBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Charge collection; Gamma ray spectroscopy; Germanium detectors; Signal analysis; Tracking detectors

Indexed keywords

BEAM DATA; CHARACTERISATION; CHARGE COLLECTION; CHARGE SENSITIVE PREAMPLIFIER; CHARGE TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; COLLIMATED BEAMS; CRYSTAL VOLUME; DOPPLER; GAMMA-RAY SPECTROSCOPY; GERMANIUM DETECTORS; HIGH PURITY GERMANIUM DETECTORS; IMAGE CHARGES; LOOK UP TABLE; OFF-LINE ANALYSIS; OUTPUT PULSE; POSITION RESOLUTION; PROTOTYPE DETECTOR; RISETIME; TRACKING DETECTORS;

CESIUM; COLLIDING BEAM ACCELERATORS; DETECTORS; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS; GERMANIUM; PARTICLE BEAM TRACKING; SIGNAL ANALYSIS; STARS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 67649229946     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2009.2019103     Document Type: Article

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