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文档介绍：Radiation Detectors and Signal Processing
Helmuth Spieler
Lecture Notes - VII. Heidelberger Graduate Lectures in Physics
University of Heidelberg -- Oct. 8 - 12, 2001

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I. Introduction ()
1. Why? 2
2. Examples
Astronomical Imaging 7
Medical Imaging - Positron Emission
15
Tomography
X-Ray Fluorescence 22
Vertex Detection in High-Energy
28
Physics
Failure Analysis in Si Integrated
33
Circuits
Detection of Gravity Waves 35
3. The Problem 37
4. Example Measuring System 45



II. Signal Formation and Detection
Thresholds ()
1. Detector Models 2
Direct and Indirect Detection 3
Detector Functions 5
Example Detector Models 6
2. The Signal 13
Elementary Excitations
Band structure in crystals 14
Detector Sensitivity 20
Signal fluctuations - the Fano factor 25
3. Signal Formation 30
Example: semiconductor detectors 31
Formation of a High-Field Region 34
Charge Collection 51
Time Dependence of the Signal Current 58
Induced charge - Ramo’s theorem 60
4. Signal Acquisition 77
Amplifier Types 77
Active Integrator - Charge-Sensitive
81
Amplifiers
...Calibration 83
Realistic Charge-Sensitive Amplifiers 84
Input Impedance of a Charge-Sensitive
88
Amplifier
Time Response of a Charge-Sensitive
89
Amplifier
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