2014/09/30 by I. Abt, A. Caldwell, B. Doenmez +10 · 7 citations
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Coaxial #Detector #Electrical engineering #Engineering #Germanium #Optics #Optoelectronics #Particle Detector Development and Performance #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Physics #Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies #Semiconductor detector #Silicon #physics.ins-det
paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/j.nima.2015.02.007
published in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment 782, 56-62 (Elsevier BV)
arxiv created 2015/02/09 · openalex publication_date 2015/02/10 · arxiv updated 2015/12/09 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
GALATEA is a test facility designed to investigate bulk and surface effects in high purity germanium detectors. A vacuum tank houses an infrared screened volume with a cooled detector inside. A system of three stages allows an almost complete scan of the detector. The main feature of GALATEA is that there is no material between source and detector. This allows the usage of alpha and beta sources as well as of a laser beam to study surface effects. A 19-fold segmented true-coaxial germanium detector was used for commissioning.