High-purity germanium strip detectors -possible applications to SR studies

Developments in position-sensitive spectroscopic detector systems resulting from work undertaken in the fields of astrophysics, high energy physics and medical imaging provide an opportunity for the synchrotron physics community to look at possible improvements to synchrotron studies. Specifications of the detector designed by the smartPET collaboration are outlined; a brief comparison with current options presented and possible applications to X-ray imaging, protein and macromolecular crystallography and X-ray fluorescence holography are introduced.