Title :
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
fDate :
Oct. 27 2012-Nov. 3 2012
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;
Conference_Titel :
Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2028-3
DOI :
10.1109/NSSMIC.2012.6551964
