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Characterization of a CZT focal plane small prototype for hard X-ray telescope
Giulio VenturaNatalia AuricchioFilomena SchiavoneMarco SampietroJ. B. StephenM. ZoraLeonardo AbbeneG. AgnettaA. ManganoAriano DonatiF. RussoS. Del SordoBenedetto BiondoEzio CaroliG. BertuccioS. Cacciasubject
spectroscopyNuclear and High Energy PhysicsPhysics::Instrumentation and DetectorsX-ray telescopeParticle detectorlaw.inventionTelescopechemistry.chemical_compoundOpticslawElectronicsElectrical and Electronic EngineeringImage resolutionPhysicsPixelbusiness.industryAstrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for AstrophysicsCadmium zinc tellurideCZTCardinal pointNuclear Energy and Engineeringchemistrypixel detectorfocal planehard X-rayOptoelectronicsbusinessdescription
The promise of good energy and spatial resolution coupled with high efficiency and room temperature operation has fuelled a large international effort to develop cadmium zinc telluride (CZT) for hard X-ray applications. We are involved on the development of a hard X-ray telescope based on multilayer optics and focal plane detector operative in the 10-80 keV energy range. This telescope requires a high efficiency focal plane providing both fine spatial resolution and spectroscopy with a compact and robust design. This paper reports preliminary results on the characterization both in spectroscopic and spatial response of two small pixellated CZT detectors (10times10times1 mm3 and 10times10times2 mm3 single crystals) with 0.45 mm pixel size. We present the results obtained using both standard commercial read-out electronics Readout Electronics for Nuclear Applications (RENA) and innovative low noise and low power dissipation ASICs developed within the collaboration
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005-12-01 | IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science |