Long term outdoor performance evaluation of stacked coplanar grid (Cd,Zn)Te detectors by spectroscopic environmental radiation monitoring

Author

Dambacher, M. ; Zwerger, A. ; Fauler, A. ; Disch, C. ; Eickhoff, W. ; Stohlker, U. ; Fiederle, M.

Author_Institution

X-ray Imaging Eur., Freiburg, Germany

fYear

2012

fDate

Oct. 27 2012-Nov. 3 2012

Firstpage

4229

Lastpage

4232

Abstract

This work focuses on the evaluation of spectroscopic background radiation measurements performed at an outdoor facility on the Schauinsland mountain in Germany. The detector system that was used consisted of two temperature stabilized Coplanar Grid (Cd,Zn)Te detectors together with a custom digital Multi Channel Analyzer. The research presented includes the evaluation of the spectroscopic outdoor performance, the analysis of the correlation of count rates in certain energy regions with meteorological factors and the quantification of the temperature stability.

Keywords

radiation monitoring; semiconductor counters; Germany; Schauinsland mountain; count rates; detector system; digital multichannel analyzer; long term outdoor performance evaluation; meteorological factors; outdoor facility; spectroscopic background radiation measurements; spectroscopic environmental radiation monitoring; stacked coplanar grid CdTe detector; stacked coplanar grid ZnTe detector; temperature stabilized coplanar grid CdTe detector; temperature stabilized coplanar grid ZnTe detector;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), 2012 IEEE

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA

ISSN

1082-3654

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2028-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.2012.6551964

Filename

6551964