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[[Image:Detectors summary 3.png|thumb|right|250px|This tree diagram shows the relationship between types and classification of most common particle detectors. Credit: [[commons:User:Wdcf|Wdcf]].]]
'''Radiation detectors''' provide a signal that is converted to an electric current. The device is designed so that the current provided is proportional to the characteristics of the incident radiation.

There are detectors that provide a change in substance as the signal and these may be automated to provide an electric current or quantified proportional to the amount of new substance.
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==Astronomy==
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A detector in [[Radiation astronomy/Keynote lecture|radiation astronomy]] may need to be able to separate a collection of incoming radiation to obtain a clear set of signals for the radiation of interest. For example, a detector designed for [[red astronomy]] may need to be on the rocky-object surface of the Earth to separate X-rays and gamma-rays from red rays.

==Radiation==
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