We had investigated effects of the irradiation by 24 GeV protons with doses ranging from 1×10^{14} up to 1×10^{16} p/cm^2 on the properties of GaN ionising radiation detectors. In theγ-spectra of the samples radiation of ^7Be, ^{22}Na, and other long-lived radionuclides with A <70 was identified. Their activities were proportional to the irradiation dozes. Device contact properties were analysed by current-voltage I-V dependences. Created defects were revealed by the thermally stimulated defect spectroscopy. In the less irradiated samples the following values of the effective thermal activation energies were found: 0.12-0.16 eV, 0.18-0.22 eV, 0.35-0.42 eV, and 0.84-0.94 eV. Meanwhile, in the detectors irradiated with the highest doses only current growth with the activation energy of about 0.8-1.0 eV could be identified. Effects of percolation transport in disordered media were proved in the irradiated material.
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