Temperature dependence in the long-term stability of the TlBr Detector

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1817-1822

  Da Costa, Fábio Eduardo ^a   De Mesquita, Carlos Henrique ^a   Hamada, Margarida Mizue ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Detector stability; Polarization; Semiconductor detector; Thallium bromide

Indexed keywords

BROMINE COMPOUNDS; ELECTRODES; POLARIZATION; SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THALLIUM COMPOUNDS;

LONG TERM STABILITY; MEASUREMENTS OF; NEAR ROOM TEMPERATURE; POLARIZATION EFFECT; PULSE FORMATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THALLIUM BROMIDE; THREE ELECTRODE;

STABILITY;

EID: 69549108593     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2009.2024678     Document Type: Conference Paper

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