A prototype Si/CdTe compton camera and the polarization measurement

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 51, Issue 5 I, 2004, Pages 2432-2436

  Mitani, Takefumi ^a,b   Tanaka, Takaaki ^a,b   Nakazawa, Kazuhiro ^a   Takahashi, Tadayuki ^a,b   Takashima, Takeshi ^a   Tajima, Hiroyasu ^c   Nakamura, Hidehito ^d   Nomachi, Masaharu ^d   Nakamoto, Tatsuya ^e   Fukazawa, Yasushi ^e  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^d OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

CdTe; Compton camera; Polarimeter; Semiconductor detectors

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; GAMMA RAYS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POLARIMETERS; RADIATION DETECTORS; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM TELLURIDE; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES;

COMPTON CAMERAS; DOUBLE-SIDED SI STRIP DETECTORS (DSSD); POLARIZATION MEASUREMENT; SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS;

CAMERAS;

EID: 8344280452     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2004.835653     Document Type: Article

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