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The Characteristics of Detectors Based on Cadmium−Zinc−Tellurium Crystals

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The parameters of detectors based on CdZnTe crystals with a sensitive volume of approximately 1500 mm3 are investigated. It is shown that at room temperature the characteristics of these detectors are high enough for spectrometry of γ rays from 241Am, 57Co, 137Cs, and 60Co sources.

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Original Russian Text © V.B. Brudanin, Yu.B. Gurov, S.V. Rozov, V.G. Sandukovsky, E.A. Yakushev, 2018, published in Pribory i Tekhnika Eksperimenta, 2018, No. 1, pp. 13–16.

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Brudanin, V.B., Gurov, Y.B., Rozov, S.V. et al. The Characteristics of Detectors Based on Cadmium−Zinc−Tellurium Crystals. Instrum Exp Tech 61, 13–16 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0020441218010141

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