Preliminary characteristics of a germanium-based, Compton-scatter telescope

Author

Piercey, R.B. ; Weisenberger, A.G. ; McKisson, J.E. ; Girit, C.

Author_Institution

Space Astron Lab., Florida Univ., Gainesville, FL, USA

Volume

36

Issue

1

fYear

1989

fDate

2/1/1989 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

887

Lastpage

890

Abstract

The authors have configured a gamma-ray Compton-scatter telescope from five coaxial germanium detectors in order to evaluate the potential performance of germanium detectors in such devices. Due to their excellent energy resolution (0.20% is obtainable at 1.332 MeV), properly configured germanium detectors can produce the best combination of energy and position resolution of any commonly available detector material. The authors present the results of preliminary measurement including energy, position, and timing resolution. The problem of image reconstruction is considered in detail. Design constraints which can affect the overall performance of the telescope are also discussed

Keywords

gamma-ray detection and measurement; position sensitive particle detectors; semiconductor counters; coaxial Ge detector; energy resolution; gamma-ray Compton-scatter telescope; position resolution; Coaxial components; Energy measurement; Energy resolution; Gamma ray detection; Gamma ray detectors; Germanium; Image reconstruction; Position measurement; Telescopes; Timing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/23.34571

Filename

34571