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Possible application of γ-ray spectrometers based on CdZnTe detectors

Bushuev et al., 2002

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13290774471009287505
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Bushuev A
Zubarev V
Kozhin A
Nikolaev A
Petrova E
Portnov A
Proshin I
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Atomic Energy

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New semiconductor γ-ray detectors based on CdZnTe have been developed in the last few years, and they are now being widely used. Their advantages are small size and possibility of operating without cooling. In the present work, these detectors are used to measure the …
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