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Title: | Coaxial Germanium Lithium-Drifted Gamma Radiation Detectors |
Other Titles: | Germanium Lithium-Drifted Detectors |
Authors: | Wall, Basil |
Advisor: | Kennett, T. J. |
Department: | None |
Keywords: | germanium;lithium;gamma radiation detector;gamma radiation |
Publication Date: | Sep-1966 |
Abstract: | This thesis deals with the theory, fabrication and application of semi-conductor detectors to gamma ray spectroscopy. The theory section discusses the semi-conductor lattice with respect to the incoming gamma ray and the subsequent hole-electron pairs formed in the diode depletion region. The fabrication section describes the materials and apparatus used in this work to produce the Ge(Li) detectors. A table is given showing the characteristics of these devices as they proceed through the process. The section on the characteristics of these detectors gives information as to how a good detector should operate under certain tests., The detectors made in this laboratory were used to investigate a well known "fission product" nuclide and a neutron capture reaction on a rare earth element. However, these investigations were not exhaustive but only show how the improved resolution of the Ge(Li) detectors has opened up new areas of gamma ray studies. |
Description: | This thesis is missing page 36, all other versions of the thesis are missing this page as well. -Digitization Centre |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11375/24388 |
Appears in Collections: | Digitized Open Access Dissertations and Theses |
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