کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
10715981 1027430 2009 12 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Neutron damage tests of a highly segmented germanium crystal
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه فیزیک و نجوم ابزار دقیق
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Neutron damage tests of a highly segmented germanium crystal
چکیده انگلیسی
To evaluate the effect of neutron damage on the performance of highly segmented germanium detectors the P3 prototype detector for the GRETINA array was subjected to a neutron flux of ∼3×109 n/cm2 over a period of 5 days. During the irradiation, the resolution (full-width half-maximum (FWHM)) of the 1332 keV 60Co photopeak increased from ∼1.8 to ∼6.0 keV while the full-width at tenth maximum (FWTM) increased from ∼4 keV to more than 12 keV. Following the irradiation the detector was successfully annealed and the energy resolution returned to pre-irradiation values. All detector segments were fully functional before and after the annealing and following multiple room-temperature cycles. A comparison of digitized pulse shapes in the damaged and annealed detector indicates that the effect of extreme neutron damage (FWHM=6 keV) on the position resolution is on the order of ∼1.7 mm while for 3 keV resolution the position resolution degrades by ∼0.5 mm.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment - Volume 606, Issue 3, 21 July 2009, Pages 533-544
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