Which outcome occurs when a high-purity germanium detector is exposed to environmental radioactivity?

💡 Explanation

Increased background noise occurs due to natural radioactive decay in the environment causing unwanted events in the germanium crystal rather than intended signals. This is due to radioactive DECAY events; therefore detector resolution worsens rather than improves, as unwanted counts accumulate.

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