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light-sensitive detector

light-sensitive detector

[′līt ¦sen·səd·iv di′tek·tər]
(electronics)
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In general, the system operates like a pinhole camera: gamma rays pass like sunlight through a small aperture onto a light-sensitive detector (film emulsion).
Because the charged particles move faster through ice than a photon can, they create tiny flashes of radiation, which light-sensitive detectors called digital optical modules (DOMs) register.
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