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Measured and simulated performance of Compton-suppressed TIGRESS HPGe clover detectors
Document Type
Article
Source
Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section A. Jan2007, Vol. 570 Issue 3, p437-445. 9p.
Subject
*COMPTON effect
*DETECTORS
*PROTOTYPES
*GAMMA ray spectrometer
*CONFIGURATIONS (Geometry)
*SPECTROMETERS
Language
ISSN
0168-9002
Abstract
Abstract: Tests of the performance of a 32-fold segmented HPGe clover detector coupled to a 20-fold segmented Compton-suppression shield, which form a prototype element of the TRIUMF-ISAC Gamma-Ray Escape-Suppressed Spectrometer (TIGRESS), have been made. Peak-to-total ratios and relative efficiencies have been measured for a variety of -ray energies. These measurements were used to validate a GEANT4 simulation of the TIGRESS detectors, which was then used to create a simulation of the full 12-detector array. Predictions of the expected performance of TIGRESS are presented. These predictions indicate that TIGRESS will be capable, for single 1MeV rays, of absolute detection efficiencies of 17% and 9.4%, and peak-to-total ratios of 54% and 61% for the “high-efficiency” and “optimized peak-to-total” configurations of the array, respectively. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]