https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/s10050-021-00371-5
Special Article – Tools for Experiment and Theory
Calibration and response function of a compact silicon-detector set-up for charged-particle spectroscopy using GEANT4
1
Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, CSIC, E-28006, Madrid, Spain
2
Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-Universidad de Valencia, E-46071, Valencia, Spain
3
Institut for Fysik og Astronomi, Aarhus University, 8000, Aarhus C, Denmark
4
Centro de Microanálisis de Materiales, Madrid, Spain
Received:
10
November
2020
Accepted:
25
January
2021
Published online:
7
February
2021
A complete methodology for detector calibration and energy-loss correction in charged-particle spectroscopy is presented. This has been applied to a compact set-up of four silicon detectors used for beta-delayed particle spectroscopy. The characterisation of the set-up was carried out using GEANT4 Monte Carlo simulations and standard alpha-calibration sources. The response function of the system was in this way accurately determined to be used for spectral unfolding.
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