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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.

(contracted; show full)n to make an n<sup>+</sup> ohmic contact, and boron implantation to make a p<sup>+</sup> contact. Coaxial detectors with a central n<sup>+</sup> contact are referred to as n-type detectors, while p-type detectors have a p<sup>+</sup> central contact. The thickness of these contacts represents a dead layer around the surface of the crystal within which energy depositions do not result in detector signals.
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==X-rays==
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[[Image:Proportional Counter Array RXTE.jpg|thumb|right|250px|This is an image of a real X-ray detector. The instrument is called the Proportional Counter Array and it is on the [[w:Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer|Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer]] (RXTE) satellite. Credit: NASA.]]
[[Image:Suzaku HXD.jpg|thumb|left|250px|The Suzaku Hard X-ray Detector is imaged before installation to the satellite. Credit: NASA.]]
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