Operation and performance of a bare Broad-Energy GERmanium Detector in liquid argon

Journal of Instrumentation

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Heider, M Barnabé ^a   Budjas D ^a   Gusev, K ^a,b,c   Schonerta S ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

^b KURCHATOV INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c JOINT INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Detector design and construction technologies and materials; Gamma detectors (scintillators, CZT, HPG, HgI etc); Particle identification methods

Indexed keywords

DETECTOR DESIGN; GAMMA DETECTORS; HIGH-PURITY GERMANIUM DETECTOR; LOW-LEAKAGE CURRENT; NEUTRINOLESS DOUBLE-BETA DECAYS; PARTICLE IDENTIFICATION METHOD; PULSE-SHAPE ANALYSIS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT;

GERMANIUM; LIQUEFIED GASES;

DETECTORS;

EID: 78349255860     PISSN: 17480221     EISSN: 17480221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/5/10/P10007     Document Type: Article

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