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Detailed Studies of Pixelated CZT Detectors Grown with the Modified Horizontal Bridgman Method
The detector material Cadmium Zinc Telluride (CZT), known for its high
resolution over a broad energy range, is produced mainly by two methods: the
Modified High-Pressure Bridgman (MHB) and the High-Pressure Bridgman (HPB)
process. This study is based on MHB CZT substrates from the company Orbotech
Medical Solutions Ltd. with a detector size of 2.0x2.0x0.5 cm^3, 8x8 pixels and
a pitch of 2.46 mm. Former studies have emphasized only on the cathode material
showing that high-work-function improve the energy resolution at lower
energies. Therfore, we studied the influence of the anode material while
keeping the cathode material constant. We used four different materials:
Indium, Titanium, Chromium and Gold with work-functions between 4.1 eV and 5.1
eV. The low work-function materials Indium and Titanium achieved the best
performance with energy resolutions: 2.0 keV (at 59 keV) and 1.9 keV (at 122
keV) for Titanium; 2.1 keV (at 59 keV) and 2.9 keV (at 122 keV) for Indium.
These detectors are very competitive compared with the more expensive ones
based on HPB material if one takes the large pixel pitch of 2.46 mm into
account. We present a detailed comparison of our detector response with 3-D
simulations, from which we determined the mobility-lifetime-products for
electrons and holes. Finally, we evaluated the temperature dependency of the
detector performance and mobility-lifetime-products, which is important for
many applications. With decreasing temperature down to -30C the breakdown
voltage increases and the electron mobility-lifetime-product decreases by about
30% over a range from 20C to -30C. This causes the energy resolution to
deteriorate, but the concomitantly increasing breakdown voltage makes it
possible to increase the applied bias voltage and restore the full performance.Comment: Accepted for publication in Astroparticle Physics, 25 pages, 13
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Optimization of Single-Sided Charge-Sharing Strip Detectors
Simulation of the charge sharing properties of single-sided CZT strip detectors with small anode pads are presented. The effect of initial event size, carrier repulsion, diffusion, drift, trapping and detrapping are considered. These simulations indicate that such a detector with a 150 µm pitch will provide good charge sharing between neighboring pads. This is supported by a comparison of simulations and measurements for a similar detector with a coarser pitch of 225 µm that could not provide sufficient sharing. The performance of such a detector used as a gamma-ray imager is discussed
Scheme for calculating the orbital-dependent exchange-correlation potential using the virial theorem: Application to atomic systems
We present a density-functional scheme for calculating the orbital-dependent exchange-correlation potential using the virial theorem as a sum rule. In order to check the validity of this scheme, atomic-structure calculations only with the exchange potential are performed. The accuracy of this scheme is shown to be comparable to that of the optimized effective potential (OEP) method, while the computational workload is extremely reduced compared to the OEP method.ArticlePHYSICAL REVIEW A. 78(1):012501 (2008)journal articl
Assembly of the Auditory Circuitry by a Hox Genetic Network in the Mouse Brainstem
Rhombomeres (r) contribute to brainstem auditory nuclei during development. Hox genes are determinants of rhombomere-derived fate and neuronal connectivity. Little is known about the contribution of individual rhombomeres and their associated Hox codes to auditory sensorimotor circuitry. Here, we show that r4 contributes to functionally linked sensory and motor components, including the ventral nucleus of lateral lemniscus, posterior ventral cochlear nuclei (VCN), and motor olivocochlear neurons. Assembly of the r4-derived auditory components is involved in sound perception and depends on regulatory interactions between Hoxb1 and Hoxb2. Indeed, in Hoxb1 and Hoxb2 mutant mice the transmission of low-level auditory stimuli is lost, resulting in hearing impairments. On the other hand, Hoxa2 regulates the Rig1 axon guidance receptor and controls contralateral projections from the anterior VCN to the medial nucleus of the trapezoid body, a circuit involved in sound localization. Thus, individual rhombomeres and their associated Hox codes control the assembly of distinct functionally segregated sub-circuits in the developing auditory brainstem
Further studies of single-sided charge-sharing CZT strip detectors
We report progress in the study of a thick CZT strip detector module designed to perform gamma-ray spectroscopy and 3-D imaging. We report preliminary performance measurements of 7.5 mm thick single-sided charge-sharing strip detector prototype devices. This design features both row and column contacts on the anode surface. This electron-only approach addresses problems associated with poor hole transport in CZT that limit the thickness and energy range of double-sided strip detectors. This work includes laboratory and simulation studies aimed at developing compact, efficient, detector modules for 0.05 to 1 MeV gamma measurements while minimizing the number and complexity of the electronic readout channels. This is particularly important in space-based coded aperture and Compton telescope instruments that require large area, large volume detector arrays. Such arrays will be required for the NASA Black Hole Finder Probe (BHFP)and Advanced Compton Telescope (ACT). This new design requires an anode pattern with contacts whose dimensions and spacing are roughly the size of the ionization charge cloud. The first prototype devices have 125 ÎĽm anode contacts on 225 ÎĽm pitch. Our results demonstrate the principle of operation but suggest that even finer anode contact feature sizes will be necessary to achieve the desired performance
Continued Studies of Single-Sided Charge-Sharing CZT Strip Detectors
In this paper, we report progress in the study of thick single-sided charge-sharing cadmium zinc telluride (CZT) strip detector modules designed to perform gammaray spectroscopy and 3-D imaging. We report on continuing laboratory and simulation measurements of prototype detectors with 11×11 unit cells (15×15×7.5mm3 ). We report preliminary measurements of the 3-D spatial resolution. Our studies are aimed at developing compact, efficient, detector modules for 0.05 to 1 MeV gamma measurements while minimizing the number and complexity of the electronic readout channels. This is particularly important in space-based coded aperture and Compton telescope instruments that require large area, large volume detector arrays. Such arrays will be required for the NASA’s Black Hole Finder Probe (BHFP) and Advanced Compton Telescope (ACT). This design requires an anode pattern with contacts whose dimensions and spacing are roughly the size of the ionization charge cloud. The first prototype devices have 125µm anode contacts on 225µm pitch. Our studies conclude that finer pitch contacts will be required to improve imaging efficiency
On the area of the symmetry orbits in symmetric spacetimes with Vlasov matter
This paper treats the global existence question for a collection of general
relativistic collisionless particles, all having the same mass. The spacetimes
considered are globally hyperbolic, with Cauchy surface a 3-torus. Furthermore,
the spacetimes considered are isometrically invariant under a two-dimensional
group action, the orbits of which are spacelike 2-tori. It is known from
previous work that the area of the group orbits serves as a global time
coordinate. In the present work it is shown that the area takes on all positive
values in the maximal Cauchy development.Comment: 27 pages, version 2 minor changes and correction
Coupled Nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger equation and Toda equation (the Root of Integrability)
We consider the relation between the discrete coupled nonlinear
Schr\"{o}dinger equation and Toda equation. Introducing complex times we can
show the intergability of the discrete coupled nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger
equation. In the same way we can show the integrability in coupled case of dark
and bright equations. Using this method we obtain several integrable equations.Comment: 11 pages, LateX, to apper in J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. Vol. 66, No
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