A time-over-threshold technique for wide dynamic range gamma-ray spectroscopy with the AGATA detector

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 2384-2391

  Zocca, F ^a,b   Pullia, A ^a,b   Bazzacco, D ^c   Pascovici, G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c SEZIONE DI PADOVA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gamma ray spectroscopy; Germanium detectors; Low noise charge preamplifiers; Wide dynamic range

Indexed keywords

ENERGY MEASUREMENTS; EQUIVALENT ENERGY; GAMMA PHOTONS; GAMMA-RAY SPECTROSCOPY; GAMMA-RAY TRACKING; GERMANIUM DETECTORS; HIGH ENERGY; HIGH-ENERGY RESOLUTION; LOW-NOISE CHARGE PREAMPLIFIERS; NEUTRON CAPTURE REACTION; SEGMENTED GERMANIUM DETECTORS; SPECTRUM LINE; TIME OVER THRESHOLDS; WIDE DYNAMIC RANGE;

DETECTORS; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS; GERMANIUM; STARS;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 69549096159     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2009.2023905     Document Type: Conference Paper

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