MEASUREMENT OF LOW ENERGY X-RAYS .V. TOTAL ABSORPTION SILICON DEVICES

被引:4
作者
GREENING, JR
RANDLE, KJ
REDPATH, AT
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[1] Edinburgh Univ., Dept. Medical Physics, Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh
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10.1088/0031-9155/14/1/004
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R318 [生物医学工程];
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0831 ;
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A description is given of the use of silicon barrier layer and lithium drifted detectors for the measurement of X-rays generated at 10 to 30 kv. Defined X-ray beams are totally absorbed in silicon, and by comparing the charge so produced with the beam energy as measured with a total absorption calorimeter, a value of 3.69+or-0.02 ev per electron-hole pair in silicon is derived. The saturation characteristics of the devices are discussed together with their merits for X-ray measurement.
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