Development of twin Ge detector and its performance

Twin Ge detector which consists of two large Ge crystals, closely packed in a common housing, has been designed and developed to realize high detection efficiency and peak-to-total ratio (P/T) for high-energy photons in the energy range 10–30 MeV. Performance of the twin Ge detector in an energy range up to 30 MeV is calculated by Monte Carlo simulation method. It is shown that this detector allows extending an energy range for high-resolution photon spectroscopy to over 10 MeV.