Cross-talk correction in a planar HPGe strip detector

The next generation of detection systems in γ-spectroscopy measurements have been projected to be based on the concept of γtracking [1] for which highly segmented detectors will be required. Position information from such detectors will be used for reconstructing the path of the Compton scattered γ-rays and thus events that are otherwise vetoed in most present generation spectrometers would also be recovered, thus improving the detection efficiency tremendously. Towards this goal, properties of planar HPGe strip detectors which are proposed for their probable use in phase III of the DESPEC Germanium Array (DEGAS) [2], to be used for experiments within the DEcay SPECtroscopy (DESPEC) of exotic nuclei [3] project at the upcoming FAIR [4] facility at GSI, Germany, are currently being investigated.