https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2011-11132-2
Special Article - Tools for Experiment and Theory
Pulse shape analysis for γ-ray tracking (Part I): Pulse shape simulation with JASS
1
Physik-Department E12, Technische Universität München, D-85748, Garching, Germany
2
TRIUMF, Vancouver, Canada
* e-mail: Michael.Schlarb@ph.tum.de
Received:
16
June
2011
Accepted:
29
September
2011
Published online:
27
October
2011
Next-generation 
-ray spectrometers based on highly segmented HPGe detectors are using the recent technique of -ray tracking to significantly improve on efficiency and Doppler correction capabilities. A precise reconstruction of the individual interaction locations within the active material is possible through the use of pulse shape analysis (PSA) which, in turn, demands an accurate knowledge of the detector response. We developed JASS, a Java-based simulation software package to generate pulse shapes for the AGATA detectors from physics constraints and basic material parameters. For verifying the simulation experimental data from a coincidence scan with known interaction locations was used. The achieved position resolution, in the order of a few millimeters, is within the requirements of the -ray tracking array.
© SIF, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2011
