Calculation of inelastic cross-sections for the interaction of electrons with amorphous selenium
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Abstract
Research into medical x-ray detectors based on amorphous selenium (a-Se) has seen a resurgence lately due to the advent of flat-panel active matrix technology. There is presently no quantitative theory, however, to explain the signal formation due to the interaction of ionizing radiation with a-Se. One of the main obstacles in the characterization of this process is the lack of suitable interaction cross-sections. In this work we develop an expression for the calculation of inelastic electron cross-sections from a dipole oscillator strength distribution, which includes relativistic and exchange effects. We construct the oscillator strength distribution from known experimental results and calculate the total and cumulative differential cross-sections for incident electron energies ranging from a few eV to 23 MeV. The total cross-section agrees with that of isolated Se atoms at high energies, as expected, and provides the low energy cross-sections which depend on the dielectric properties of the amorphous state. From these cross-sections, Monte Carlo codes can be developed which simulate the creation of individual electron-hole pairs, which will lead to a better understanding of the signal-formation process in a-Se based x-ray detectors.
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| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
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| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
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