TY - JOUR AU - Goel, N. AU - Domingo-Pardo, C. AU - Habermann, T. AU - Ameil, F. AU - Engert, T. AU - Gerl, J. AU - Kojouharov, I. AU - Maruhn, J. AU - Pietralla, N. AU - Schaffner, H. PY - 2013 DA - 2013// TI - Characterisation of a symmetric AGATA detector using the gamma-ray imaging scanning technique T2 - Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. A JO - Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research A SP - 10 EP - 21 VL - 700 PB - Elsevier Science Bv KW - AGATA KW - Pulse shape comparison (PSC) KW - Pulse shape analysis (PSA) AB - The imaging scanning technique for the characterisation of large volume, highly segmented, HPGe detectors is demonstrated by comparing the measured spatial response of a symmetric AGATA crystal versus the theoretical calculations obtained with the Multi-Geometry Simulation (MGS) code. The signal rise-times measured as a function of the gamma-ray interaction positions, in both coaxial and planar regions of the detection volume, are presented and confronted with the expected behaviour obtained via MGS. The transition in charge carrier transport behaviour as a function of the depth is studied for the region of the complex electric field. In general, a fairly good agreement between theory and experiment is obtained. Only systematic deviations between simulation and measurement are observed in the critical front part of the AGATA detector. They may be ascribed to a non-linear impurity concentration profile of the germanium crystal. SN - 0168-9002 UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2012.10.028 DO - 10.1016/j.nima.2012.10.028 LA - English N1 - WOS:000312811400003 ID - Goel_etal2013 ER -