γ-imaging Analysis using Segmented Planar Germanium Detector.pdfVIP

2009 IMP8LHIRFIAnnualReport 39 2—9 —imagingAnalysisusingSegmented PlanarGermanium Detector ZhengYong，ZhouXiaohong，ZhangYuhu，LeiXiangguoandGuoYingxiang SegmentedGedetectorarrayisakey instrumenttocorrectthe Dopplerbroadening of7 raysem itted from nucleiwith high veloci— ties．Using pulse shape analysismethod… ， the broadening can be muchreduced．Performanceofthismethod can betestedby 一ima— gingexperiments．W ehaveperformedexperimentswith anarrayof 17segmented planarGedetectors．Theelectrica1fieldin theplanar detectorissimple。so thatthe simulation oftheoutputsignalbe— comesmuch easyE ．Intheexperiment．a Nasourcewasplacedat twopositionsinatargetcellwhichlocatedatthecenterofthearray， Fig．1 Schematic view of the seg— asshowninFig．1．Thedistanceofthetwo sitesalongZ direction mentedplanarGedetectorarrayand is6．0m m ． thetargetcel1． Thetwo sitesofthe Thetwo0．511MeV annihilation raysemitted simuhaneously Nasourcearemarkedinthefigure． inoppositedirectionsfrom the Nasourcemightbedetectedbythe detectors．Thesourceposition thencouldbereconstructedbycrossingthedetectedpositronannihilation lines．A totalof2× 10 positron annihilation single—hiteventshasbeen obtained and used foranalysis． Here，single—hitmeansonlyonesegmentofthedetectorwasfired．Fig．2showsaschematicview ofaseg— mentedplanarGedetector．Thenetchargesignalandthetota1signalwereusedforpulseshapeanalysisto extractthedepthoftheinteraction pointindicatedasZ in Fig．2．Thenetchargesign