A beta-ray spectrometer based on a two-or three silicon detector coincidence telescope

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Feb 1996

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1996nimpa.371..522h&link_type=abstract

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A, v. 371, p. 522-534.

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This report describes the operation of a beta-ray energy spectrometer based on a silicon detector telescope using two or three elements. The front detector is a planar, totally-depleted, silicon surface barrier detector that is 97 μm thick, the back detector is a room-temperature, lithium compensated, silicon detector that is 5000 μm thick, and the intermediate detector is similar to the front detector but 72 μm thick and intended to be used only in intense photon fields. The three detectors are mounted in a light-tight aluminum housing. The capability of the spectrometer to reject photons is based upon the fact that the incident photon will have a small probability of simultaneously losing detectable energy in two detectors, and an even smaller probability of losing detectable energy in all three detectors. Electrons will, however, almost always record measurable events in either the front two or all three detectors. A coincidence requirement between the detectors thus rejects photon induced events. With a 97 μm thick detector the lower energy coincidence threshold is approximately 110 keV. With an ultra-thin 40 μm thick front detector, and operated at 15°C, the spectrometer is capable of detecting even 60-70 keV electrons with a coincidence efficiency of 60%. The spectrometer has been used to measure beta radiation fields in CANDU reactor working environments, and the spectral information is intended to support dose algorithms for the LiF TLD chips used in the Ontario Hydro dosimetry program.

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