Physics
Scientific paper
Mar 2007
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007nimpa.572..698p&link_type=abstract
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A, Volume 572, Issue 2, p. 698-707.
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Scientific paper
High-purity germanium (HPGe) detectors used in space for gamma-ray spectroscopy in astrophysics and planetary exploration are known to be damaged by energetic particles. For interplanetary missions close to the Sun such as Messenger or BepiColombo to explore planet Mercury, solar protons represent an important source of damage. In this work, irradiation tests were performed on two large-volume coaxial n-type HPGe detectors with mono-energetic beams of 50 60 MeV protons. One of the detectors, designed for spatial applications, was incrementally exposed to a proton fluence up to 7.5×10p/cm and the other to a unique fluence of 10p/cm. The results showed that the degradation of the energy resolution appeared for fluences higher than 5×10p/cm. Moreover, a loss in detection efficiency was observed for fluences above 10p/cm. Annealings above 80 °C allowed the recovery of the initial resolution but not the initial efficiency. By extrapolating the results beyond the experimental conditions, this study also establishes the limits for the use of spaceborne HPGe detectors in harsh low-energy proton environment.
Brückner James
Cabrera Javier
D'Uston Claude
Gasnault Olivier
Leleux Pierre
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