https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-010-1364-9
Special Article - Tools for Experiment and Theory
Pulse shape simulation for segmented true-coaxial HPGe detectors
1
Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, München, Germany
2
University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA
3
Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe, Tokyo University, Tokyo, Japan
4
Physics Department, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, P.R. China
* e-mail: isa@mppmu.mpg.de
Received:
12
April
2010
Revised:
6
May
2010
Published online:
18
June
2010
A new package to simulate the formation of electrical pulses in segmented true-coaxial high purity germanium detectors is presented. The computation of the electric field and weighting potentials inside the detector as well as of the trajectories of the charge carriers is described. In addition, the treatment of bandwidth limitations and noise are discussed. Comparison of simulated to measured pulses, obtained from an 18-fold segmented detector operated inside a cryogenic test facility, are presented.
© Springer-Verlag / Società Italiana di Fisica, 2010
