HIGH-ENERGY PROTON-INDUCED RADIOACTIVITY IN HGI2 CRYSTALS

Authors
PORRAS E CARTER T PEREZ JM FERRERO JL SANCHEZ F RUIZ JA SCHUTZ Y LEI F DEAN AJ REGLERO V OLMOS P
Citation
E. Porras et al., HIGH-ENERGY PROTON-INDUCED RADIOACTIVITY IN HGI2 CRYSTALS, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section B, Beam interactions with materials and atoms, 95(3), 1995, pp. 344-348
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Nuclear","Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Instument & Instrumentation
Journal title
Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section B, Beam interactions with materials and atoms → ACNP
ISSN journal
0168583X
Volume
95
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
344 - 348
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-583X(1995)95:3<344:HPRIHC>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
Mercuric iodide (HgI2) semiconductor crystals are generating a lot of interest as room temperature solid state detectors for hard X-ray astr onomy observations, For these applications one of the most important b ackground sources is the cosmic proton induced radioactivity in the de tector material, In order to study this background noise contribution a 1 x 1 x 1 cm HgI2 crystal was irradiated with high energy protons, T he resulting long-lived unstable isotopes and their production rates h ave been identified and compared with Monte Carlo simulations.