PERFORMANCE OF A 60-GRAM CRYOGENIC GERMANIUM DETECTOR

被引:7
作者
CUMMINGS, A
WANG, N
SHUTT, T
BARNES, P
EMES, J
GIRAUDHERAUD, Y
HALLER, EE
LANGE, A
RICH, J
ROSS, R
SADOULET, B
SMITH, G
STUBBS, C
机构
[1] COLL FRANCE,PHYS CORPUSCULAIRE LAB,F-75231 PARIS,FRANCE
[2] CENS,F-91191 GIF SUR YVETTE,FRANCE
[3] UNIV CALIF BERKELEY,DEPT MAT SCI & MINERAL ENGN,BERKELEY,CA 94720
[4] UNIV CALIF BERKELEY LAWRENCE BERKELEY LAB,BERKELEY,CA 94720
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D O I
10.1109/23.289301
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
We have developed a 60 g particle detector which utilizes both the ionization and the phonons produced by a particle interaction. Six NTD Ge thermistors are attached to a pure germanium crystal which has implanted contacts for drifting charge. We have operated our detector at 30 mK, and we have studied its response to irradiation by 18 and 60 keV photons from an 241 Am source. We present an analysis of the resolution of our detector, considering the noise of the front end electronics, and signals from extraneous sources such as microphonics.
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页码:226 / 230
页数:5
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