Preliminary results on compton electrons in silicon drift detector

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 51, Issue 5 II, 2004, Pages 2526-2532

  Conka Nurdan T ^a   Nurdan, K ^a   Laihem, K ^a   Walenta, A H ^a   Fiorini, C ^b   Freisleben, B ^c   Hornel N ^a,e   Pavel, N A ^d   Struder L ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^d HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e MPI HALBLEITERLABOR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Compton camera; Compton electron; Silicon drift detector (sdd)

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ELECTRONS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LIGHT SCATTERING; SILICON;

COMPTON CAMERA; COMPTON ELECTRONS; PHOTOELECTRIC ABSORPTION; SILICON DRIFT DETECTORS (SDD);

DETECTORS;

EID: 8344274444     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2004.834817     Document Type: Article

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