Principles and methods for #gamma#-ray tracking with large volume Ge detectors

This work presents an approach for the development of a high resolution detection system suitable for #gamma#-ray tracking. To obtain an optimal energy resolution, large volume germanium detectors are considered. Since the most challenging problem for the development of a #gamma#-ray tracking system is to achieve a high position resolution, this topic is emphasized in the present work. A large attention is devoted to the methods and algorithms which allow to extract the positions of #gamma#-ray interactions by the analysis of detector pulse shapes. (orig.)SIGLEAvailable from TIB Hannover: RA 831(3871) / FIZ - Fachinformationszzentrum Karlsruhe / TIB - Technische InformationsbibliothekDEGerman