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Understanding Neutron Radiography Post Exam Reading VIII-Part 2a of 2A

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This depletion region is the sensitive part <strong>of</strong> the detector and is analogous to<br />

the gas volume in a gas ionization detector. Charged particles, on entering<br />

the depletion region, produce electron hole pairs analogous to the ion pairs<br />

produced in gas ionization chambers. Because an electric field exists in this<br />

region, the charge produced by the ionizing particle is collected, producing a<br />

pulse <strong>of</strong> current. The size <strong>of</strong> the pulse is proportional to the energy expended<br />

by the particle.<br />

Charlie Chong/ Fion Zhang

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