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absorption alpha particles amplifier applied atoms beta bias capacitance carrier lifetime Channel number charge carriers charged particles circuit cm² Council Publication 871 cross-section crystal crystal counters current noise dE/dx Dearnaley density depletion layer thickness detection diffused junction drift effect electric field electrons and holes energy loss energy resolution equation fast neutron fission fragments flux gamma rays germanium give I.R.E. Trans impurity input Instr ionization chamber ionizing particle irradiation junction counters junction detectors lattice lithium material measurements method neutron detection neutron energy Northrop Nucl nuclear radiation output p-n junction p-type particle detectors particle energy Phys Proc produced protons pulse height range reaction recoil recombination centres Science National Research scintillation counter semi semiconductor counters semiconductor detectors shot noise shown in Fig signal silicon junction silicon surface barrier solid spectrometer spectrum surface barrier detectors thermal tion transistor trapping types valence band voltage