Validation of pulse shape simulations for an AGATA prototype detector

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 2415-2425

  Dimmock, Matthew R ^a   Boston, Andrew J ^a   Cresswell, John R ^a   Lazarus, Ian ^b   Medina, Patrice ^c   Nolan, Paul ^a   Parisel, Camille ^c   Santos, Cayetano ^c   Simpson, John ^b   Unsworth, Carl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b DARESBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES SUBATOMIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ACQUISITION SYSTEMS; CHARGE COLLECTION; CHARGE PULSE; COINCIDENCE MODE; CUBIC GRIDS; ELECTRIC FIELD SIMULATION; GAMMA-RAY SPECTROSCOPY; GERMANIUM DETECTORS; GLOBAL CLOCKS; HIGH-PURITY GERMANIUM; MEAN DISPLACEMENT; PROTOTYPE DETECTOR; PULSE SHAPES; TRACKING DETECTORS;

CROSSTALK; DETECTORS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS; GAMMA RAYS; GERMANIUM; PARTICLE BEAM TRACKING; SIGNAL ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

PULSE GENERATORS;

EID: 69549103415     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2009.2021842     Document Type: Conference Paper

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