High Purity Germanium Detectors
A special issue of Particles (ISSN 2571-712X).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2022) | Viewed by 5676
Special Issue Editors
Interests: neutrino; dark matter; KATRIN; LEGEND; DEAP-3600
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Since their invention in the 1970s, high purity germanium (HPGe) detectors have been the gold standard for the detection and spectroscopy of gamma rays. Developments in the fabrication, packaging, and operation of HPGe detectors, as well as in readout electronics and signal processing, have led to their application in fields as diverse as fundamental nuclear and particle physics, nuclear security and safety, and medicine. For example, position-sensitive HPGe detectors have been used to develop portable gamma-ray imaging systems, while extremely large HPGe detectors arrays are under development for the search for neutrinoless double beta decay.
This Special Issue aims to capture the science and technology of HPGe detectors and highlight the breadth and impact of their application in basic and applied science.
We invite contributions that describe all aspects of HPGe detector technology, including but not limited to device design and fabrication, modeling and characterization, signal processing, and applications.
Dr. Bjoern Lehnert
Dr. Reynold Cooper
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- high-purity germanium
- semiconductor
- radiation detection
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