Leakage current in high-purity germanium detectors with amorphous semiconductor contacts

Looker, Q.; Amman, M.; Vetter, K.

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2014.12.104

Title: Leakage current in high-purity germanium detectors with amorphous semiconductor contacts

Authors:: Looker, Q.; Amman, M.; Vetter, K.

Publication Date:: Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 2015

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1245660

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231

Resource Type:: Publisher's Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment Journal Volume: 777 Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0168-9002

Publisher:: Elsevier

Country of Publication:: Netherlands

Language:: English

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                    Looker, Q., Amman, M., and Vetter, K. Leakage current in high-purity germanium detectors with amorphous semiconductor contacts.  Netherlands: N. p., 2015. 
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                    Looker, Q., Amman, M., & Vetter, K. Leakage current in high-purity germanium detectors with amorphous semiconductor contacts.  Netherlands.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2014.12.104

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"Leakage current in high-purity germanium detectors with amorphous semiconductor contacts".  Netherlands.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2014.12.104.

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  title        = {Leakage current in high-purity germanium detectors with amorphous semiconductor contacts},

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