Perspectives on mercuric iodide as a radiation detector material for space measurements

Author

Gerrish, A.M. ; van den Berg, L.

Author_Institution

Constellation Technol. Corp., Seminole, FL, USA

fYear

1997

fDate

22-23 Jul 1997

Firstpage

94

Lastpage

98

Abstract

Mercuric iodide is semiconductor detector material which operates at room temperature, has high detection efficiency, and exhibits good energy resolution over the range 5 keV-5 MeV. In addition, the low power requirements and radiation damage resistance of this material make it well suited for long duration space measurements in a mixed radiation environment

Keywords

X-ray apparatus; X-ray astronomy; X-ray detection; astronomical instruments; gamma-ray apparatus; gamma-ray astronomy; gamma-ray detection; mercury compounds; 5 keV to 5 MeV; HgI₂; X-ray astronomy; X-ray detector; astronomical instrument; gamma-ray astronomy; gamma-ray detector; radiation damage resistance; radiation detector material; semiconductor detector; semiconductor detector material; space measurement; Crystalline materials; Crystals; Electrodes; Energy resolution; Extraterrestrial measurements; Gamma ray detectors; Leak detection; Radiation detectors; Semiconductor materials; Space technology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

High Energy Radiation Background in Space, 1997 Conference on the

Conference_Location

Snowmass, CO

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4335-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CHERBS.1997.660256

Filename

660256