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NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, Volume. 47, Issue 11, 110401(2024)

Simulation study of signal readout for multi-electrode high purity germanium detector

Jingzhe YANG^1,2,3, Yang TIAN^1,2, Mingxin YANG^1,2, Zhi ZENG^1,2、*, Tao XUE^1,2, Ming ZENG^1,2, Wenhan DAI^1,2, and Yulan LI^1,2

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¹Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China

²Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging, Ministry of Education, Beijing 100084, China

³China Nuclear Energy Industry Corporation, Beijing 100032, China

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Jingzhe YANG, Yang TIAN, Mingxin YANG, Zhi ZENG, Tao XUE, Ming ZENG, Wenhan DAI, Yulan LI. Simulation study of signal readout for multi-electrode high purity germanium detector[J]. NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, 2024, 47(11): 110401

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Category: NUCLEAR ELECTRONICS AND INSTRUMENTATION

Received: Nov. 16, 2022

Accepted: --

Published Online: Jan. 2, 2025

The Author Email: ZENG Zhi (ZENGZhi)

DOI:10.11889/j.0253-3219.2024.hjs.47.110401

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