Perspectives on mercuric iodide as a radiation detector materialfor space measurements

摘要

Mercuric iodide is semiconductor detector material which operatesat room temperature, has high detection efficiency, and exhibits goodenergy resolution over the range 5 keV-5 MeV. In addition, the low powerrequirements and radiation damage resistance of this material make itwell suited for long duration space measurements in a mixed radiationenvironment