Response of AGATA segmented HPGe detectors to gamma rays up to 15.1 MeV
NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, cilt.705, ss.47-54, 2013 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 705
- Basım Tarihi: 2013
- Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.nima.2012.12.084
- Dergi Adı: NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.47-54
- Anahtar Kelimeler: AGATA, Gamma-ray spectroscopy, Gamma-ray tracking, HPGe detectors, Pulse-shape and gamma-ray tracking algorithms, Semiconductor detector performance and simulations, PULSE-SHAPE ANALYSIS, PROTOTYPE DETECTOR, GERMANIUM DETECTORS, TRACKING ARRAY, GE DETECTORS, PART I, EUROBALL, SPECTROSCOPY, ALGORITHM, DECOMPOSITION
- Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
- Sivas Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
The response of AGATA segmented HPGe detectors to gamma rays in the energy range 2-15 MeV was measured. The 15.1 MeV gamma rays were produced using the reaction d(B-11,n gamma)C-12 at E-beam=19.1 MeV, while gamma rays between 2 and 9 MeV were produced using an Am-Be-Fe radioactive source. The energy resolution and linearity were studied and the energy-to-pulse-height conversion resulted to be linear within 0.05%.Experimental interaction multiplicity distributions are discussed and compared with the results of Geant4 simulations. It is shown that the application of gamma-ray tracking allows a suppression of background radiation caused by n-capture in Ge nuclei. Finally the Doppler correction for the 15.1 MeV gamma line, performed using the position information extracted with Pulse-shape analysis is discussed. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.