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Performance of a gamma-ray tracking array: Characterizing the AGATA array using a 60Co source
A. KorichiA.n. WilsonEric ClémentR.m. Perez-vidalT. LauritsenO. StezowskiS. PietriN. LalovićD. RaletJ. Dudouetsubject
PhysicsNuclear and High Energy PhysicsPrevious generationEfficiency measurements010308 nuclear & particles physicsbusiness.industryEmphasis (telecommunications)DetectorGamma ray-ray spectroscopyTracking (particle physics)01 natural sciencesOptics0103 physical sciences-ray trackingAGATANuclear structure[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det]Segmented germanium detectorsAGATA010306 general physicsbusinessInstrumentationdescription
International audience; The AGATA (Advanced GAmma Tracking Array) tracking detector is being designed to far surpass the performance of the previous generation, Compton-suppressed arrays. In this paper, a characterization of AGATA is provided based on data from the second GSI campaign. Emphasis is placed on the proper corrections required to extract the absolute photopeak efficiency and peak-to-total ratio. The performance after tracking is extracted and GEANT4 simulations are used both to understand the results and to scale the measurements up to predicted values for the full 4π implementation of the device.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-11-01 | Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment |