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Solid state detectors are ionization detectors with a solid as the detecting medium. These detectors combine high energy resolution with high spatial resolution. Charged particles or photons produce electron-hole pairs, requiring a smaller energy to create the pair compared to the energy required to create a pair in gases or produce a light signal in scintillators.
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Poggiani, R. (2017). Detectors Based on Ionization in Solid State Materials. In: High Energy Astrophysical Techniques. UNITEXT for Physics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44729-2_7
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