characterisation of small electrode hpge detectors
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Characterisation of Small Electrode HPGeDetectors
Carl Unsworth, University of Liverpool
7 September 2017
BEGe and SAGe Well Detectors
• Small electrodeconfiguration for reducedcapacitive noise.
• BEGe Detectors in use forsome years for spectroscopywith low-mediumgamma-ray energies.
• FWHM @ 60 keV = 0.58
• FWHM @ 1332 keV = 1.69
BEGe and SAGe Well Detectors
• SAGe detectors employnovel well-like geometry toenable large volume crystalsto fully deplete.
• Based on design of pointcontact detector by DavidRadford and Ren Cooper atORNL.
• A novel HPGe detector forgamma-ray tracking andimaging, Cooper Et Al, NIMA 2011.
• FWHM @ 60 keV = 0.72
• FWHM @ 1332 keV = 2.11
BEGe and SAGe Well Detectors
• Simple readout throughresistive feedback CSP.
• No intrinsic positionsensitivity in thesedetectors.
Goals of This Work
Characterisation of both detector typescarried out in Liverpool over the last 2years. Goals include:
• Understand signal formation in thesedetectors.
• Long drift of holes through lowfield region not well reproduced byexisting simulations.
• Accurate simulation crucial fordevelopment of future instruments.
• Develop algorithms for improvedspectral quality through PSA.
• Fast methods based on risetimegating for implementation inexisting DAQ hardware.
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Characterisation Methods
• Detectors scanned with collimated beam of 662 keV photons.
• Coincidences with secondary BGO detectors measured tolocate single-site interaction in three dimensions.
• Mean of multiple events formed at each position to reducenoise contribution.
137Cs source (662 keV)
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Signal Shapes in BEGe 6530
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• Intensity of singles interactions in BEGe reveals crystalgeometry.
• Coincidences recorded at selected points only.
Signal Shapes in BEGe 6530
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• Signal shapes depend on interaction position.
• Faster risetime near to the electrode, particularly in the first20% of the height.
• This difference is more pronounced in smaller BEGe’s but stillnoticable here.
Gamma-ray Interactions
• Full-energy peaks produced byphotoelectric interactions or multipleCompton scatters.
• Background at low energy mainly due toCompton scatter of high-energy gammarays.
Gamma-ray Interactions
• Low-energy background critical tosensitivity in a number of applications:
• Lake sediment dating with 46.5 keVgamma from 210Pb.
• Identification of Uranium decay productsin presence of background from fissionfragments 137Cs and 60Co.
Testing PSA in BEGe 6530
• Can we gate on the risetime to supress low energy interactionsfar from the surface?
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Testing PSA in BEGe 6530
• Can we gate on the risetime to supress low energy interactionsfar from the surface?
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• Results of backgroundrejection modest with thisvery large BEGe.
• Wide range of charge drifttimes for surface interactionslimit performance.
• Simulations suggest betterresults will be obtained forsmaller detectors.
• Tests on 2020 and 2825BEGe’s underway.
SAGe Characterisation
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• As with BEGe, singles intensity used to determine crystalgeometry and orientation.
SAGe Characterisation
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• Trigger time difference between Ge and BGO used to alignvery slow rising pulses.
SAGe Simulations
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• Field in detector calculated using finite difference approach.• Charge then tracked through field using mobility
parameterisation from Characterization of large volume HPGedetectors. Part I: Electron and hole mobility parameterization,Bruyneel Et Al, NIM A, 2006.
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• Simulatedsignals muchfaster thanexperimentwhen driftingthrough weakfield region.
• Same mobilityparameterisa-tion works wellfor coaxialdetectors e.g.AGATA
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• Impuritygradient crucialin determiningfield in thesedetectors.
• Depletion biasprovides checkonmanufacturer’squotedimpurityconcentrations.
• Temperaturedependance ofmobility likelyplaying a role.
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• Currentlyoptimisingsimulation tomatch correctdrift times.
• We can’texplain thediscrepencywithoutreducing thevalue of<100> holemobility.
Conclusions
• SAGe and BEGe detectors characterised at Liverpool.
• Data being used to inform simulation development forlong-drift-time HPGe detectors.
• Modest results performing fully digital Compton backgroundrejection on BEGe 6530.
• Measurements underway to exploit same techniques onsmaller BEGe’s.
Thank You
Thanks to collaborators and conference organisers.
A.J. Boston1, L.J. Harkness1, D.S. Judson1, P.J.Nolan1, O.S. Thomas1, A.S. Adekola2, J. Colaresi2,W.F. Mueller2
1 - Oliver Lodge Laboratory, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 7ZE2 - CANBERRA Industries Inc., 800 Research Parkway, Meriden, CT, 06450, USA