Performance of the Medipix and Timepix devices for the recognition of electron-gamma radiation fields

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 650, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 92-97

  Teyssier, C ^a,c,d,e   Bouchami, J ^a   Dallaire, F ^a   Idarraga J ^a   Leroy, C ^a   Pospisil S ^b   Solc, J ^b   Scallon, O ^a   Vykydal, Z ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^e CENTRE DE CALCUL DE L INSTITUT NATIONAL DE PHYSIQUE NUCLEAIRE ET DE PHYSIQUE DES PARTICULES   (France)

Author keywords

Compton; Detection efficiency; Medipix; Mistagging; Timepix

Indexed keywords

COMPTON; DETECTION EFFICIENCY; MEDIPIX; MISTAGGING; TIMEPIX;

CHARGED PARTICLES; PHOTONS; PLASMA WAVES;

DETECTORS;

EID: 80052268379     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2010.12.114     Document Type: Conference Paper

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