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Radiation damage and activation of CdZnTe by intermediate energy neutrons

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OSTI ID:524733
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  1. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD (United States); and others
The authors exposed a CdZnTe detector to MeV neutrons from a {sup 252}Cf source and found no performance degradation for fluences below 10{sup 10} neutrons cm{sup {minus}2}. Detector resolution did show significant degradation at higher neutron fluences. There is evidence of room temperature annealing of the radiation effects over time. Activation lines were observed and the responsible isotopes were identified by the energy and half-life of the lines. These radiation damage studies allow evaluation of the robustness of CdZnTe detectors in high neutron and radiation environments.
OSTI ID:
524733
Report Number(s):
CONF-960848--; ISBN 0-8194-2247-9
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English