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A fast method to determine the crystallographic axes of segmented true-coaxial high-purity germanium detectors is presented. It is based on the analysis of segment-occupancy patterns obtained by irradiation with radioactive sources. The measured patterns are compared to predictions for different axes orientations. The predictions require a simulation of the trajectories of the charge carriers taking the transverse anisotropy of their drift into account.
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Abt, I., Caldwell, A., Liu, J. et al. Axes determination for segmented true-coaxial HPGe detectors. Eur. Phys. J. C 72, 1950 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-012-1950-0
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