Determination of Fano factor and pre-amplifier noise from the measurement of energy resolution of a HPGe detector
A HPGe detector and γ-ray multinuclide standard solution were used to get several data pairs of photon energy E and detector’s energy resolution FWHM. A series of graph of FWHM2 versus E was plotted to determine the detector’s Fano factor and pre-amplifier noise, which yielded the mean values of 0.1...
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Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
2015
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| Online Access: | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8953/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8953/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8953/1/17_W._Priharti_.pdf |
| Summary: | A HPGe detector and γ-ray multinuclide standard solution were used to get several data pairs of photon energy E and detector’s energy resolution FWHM. A series of graph of FWHM2 versus E was plotted to determine the detector’s Fano factor and pre-amplifier noise, which yielded the mean values of 0.123±0.003 and (7.448±0.011) × 10−1 keV, respectively. The Fano factor value agrees within 95% confident interval with the mostly quoted value of 0.13 for semiconductor detectors. The obtained preamplifier noise is in agreement with typical manufacturer’s specification. |
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