Simulation of gamma-ray current pulse shapes produced in a high purity germanium detector

Innovative uses for conventional radiation detectors via pulse shape analysis

“…Analog and digital pulse shape analysis with Ge detectors has been utilized in many instances to optimize detector performance by deriving additional information from pulses beyond a measure of the peak height or integral. Applications include discrimination between γ-ray, neutrons, and protons [3], identification of beta decays in the detector [4][5][6], rejection of Compton escape events [7][8][9][10][11], reduction of γ-ray Doppler broadening effects [12], and adaptive shaping to enhance energy dispersive spectroscopy [13].…”