Determination of Fano factor and pre-amplifier noise from the measurement of energy resolution of a HPGe detector

A HPGe detector and γ-ray multinuclide standard solution were used to get several data pairs of photon energy E and detector’s energy resolution FWHM. A series of graph of FWHM2 versus E was plotted to determine the detector’s Fano factor and pre-amplifier noise, which yielded the mean values of 0.1...

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Main Authors: Samat, S.B., Priharti, W.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2015
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8953/1/17_W._Priharti_.pdf
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8953/
http://www.ukm.my/jsm/malay_journals/jilid44bil5_2015/KandunganJilid44Bil5_2015.html
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Institution: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
Language: English
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Summary:A HPGe detector and γ-ray multinuclide standard solution were used to get several data pairs of photon energy E and detector’s energy resolution FWHM. A series of graph of FWHM2 versus E was plotted to determine the detector’s Fano factor and pre-amplifier noise, which yielded the mean values of 0.123±0.003 and (7.448±0.011) × 10−1 keV, respectively. The Fano factor value agrees within 95% confident interval with the mostly quoted value of 0.13 for semiconductor detectors. The obtained preamplifier noise is in agreement with typical manufacturer’s specification.