Single parameter modeling approach for the Clover detector

We present a phenomenological approach of understanding the operation of the Clover germanium detector. Using the simplifying assumptions of the isotropic scattering of gamma-rays, equal absorption probabilities of successive gamma scatterings inside the detector, and up to fourth order interactions of gamma-rays, we have obtained expressions for performance parameters like the addback factor and the peak-to-total ratio in terms of the probability of full energy peak absorption of gamma-ray after single detector interaction. Results have been compared with available experimental data.