Towards a deep characterization of a 64-fold-pixelated position sensitive detector for a new γ-scanning system of HPGe segmented detectors

Author

Hernández-Prieto, A. ; Quintana, B.

Author_Institution

Lab. de Radiaciones Ionizantes, Univ. of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain

fYear

2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

Characterization of the electrical response of the HPGe segmented detectors is one of the current goals for the Nuclear Physics community in order to perform γ-ray tracking or even imaging with these detectors. For this purpose, scanning devices have to be developed to achieve the signal-position association with the highest precision. In this laboratory, a new scanning system, SALSA (SAlamanca Lyso-based Scanning Array), consisting on a high spatial resolution γ camera, is a under development. In this work the whole scanning system is presented and first results for the characterization of the γ camera are shown.

Keywords

gamma-ray detection; germanium radiation detectors; position sensitive particle detectors; 64-fold-pixelated position sensitive detector; HPGe segmented detectors; Nuclear Physics community; SALSA system; SAlamanca Lyso-based Scanning Array; electrical response; gamma scanning system; signal-position association; spatial resolution; Cameras; Crystals; Detectors; Image reconstruction; Laboratories; Linearity; Spatial resolution; Maximum Pixel Charge Analysis (MPCA); Pixilated Position-Sensitive PhotoMultiplier Tube (PSPMT); Position Sensitive γ-ray scintillator Detector (PSD); SAlamanca Lyso-based Scanning Array (SALSA);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advancements in Nuclear Instrumentation Measurement Methods and their Applications (ANIMMA), 2011 2nd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Ghent

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0925-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ANIMMA.2011.6172848

Filename

6172848