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| | ORTEC How to Choose the Right Photon Detector - Shielding/Cryostat |
 | | The low-background cryostat is substantially better than the standard one for energies below ~500 keV, somewhat better between 500 and 1500 keV, and little better above that. |
 | | Between 500 and 1500 keV, the low-background cryostat may help to lower the MDA, but the same amount of investment in a higher-efficiency detector will produce about the same MDA improvement. |
 | | They are (a) the J configuration, which makes it possible to shield the dewar, much of the cryostat, and the cryosorption material from the detector element, and (b) the HJ configuration, which, in addition, allows the preamplifier to be shielded from the detector element. |
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