Performance of a position sensitive Si(Li) x-ray detector dedicated to Compton polarimetry of stored and trapped highly-charged ions

Journal of Instrumentation

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Weber, G ^a,b   Brauning H ^a   Hess, S ^a   Martin R ^a,b   Spillmann, U ^a   Stöhlker, Th ^a,b,c  

^a GSI HELMHOLTZZENTRUM FÜR SCHWERIONENFORSCHUNG GMBH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c HELMHOLTZ INSTITUTE JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gamma detectors (scintillators, CZT, HPG, HGI etc); Solid state detectors; X ray detectors

Indexed keywords

COMPTON POLARIMETRY; DETECTOR SYSTEMS; GAMMA DETECTORS; HIGHLY-CHARGED IONS; ION ATOM COLLISIONS; POSITION SENSITIVE; SOLID STATE DETECTORS; X-RAY DETECTOR;

CHARGED PARTICLES; DIGITAL STORAGE; LITHIUM; POLARIMETERS; SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS; SILICON; X RAY APPARATUS;

X RAYS;

EID: 78349251692     PISSN: 17480221     EISSN: 17480221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/5/07/C07010     Document Type: Conference Paper

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