Obituary

We mourn the death of Professor Dr. Gilbert Grynberg, April 17, 1948 - January 27, 2003. We have lost an excellent and highly esteemed scientist, an outstanding character and a good friend. He has been a very active colleague in the merger of Zeitschrift für Physik and Journal de Physique in the early days. As one of the Co-Editors-in-Chief of The European Physical Journal D, from its start, he has formed the scienti.c standards of EPJ. Untiringly he has served our Journal with greatest dedication. We are grateful that he has been with us. The editorial board and o.ce of EPJ B Siegfried Grossmann, Denis Jérome, Antonio Paoletti     

Obituary

Abstract

The gamma irradiation damage in silicon has been extensively studied by many investigators.^(1–6) However, little has been reported about the effects of radiation on the current-voltage (I–V) characteristics of silicon, particularly of high-resistivity silicon at radiation temperatures other than the room temperature. This paper is a report of some new results on the I–V characteristics of low and high resistivity silicon before and after gamma irradiation at the temperature of 38 °C and ?196 °C.