Characterization of a cylindrical plastic beta-detector with Monte Carlo simulations of optical photons

Guadilla, V.; Algora, A.; Tain, J.; Agramunt, J.; Aysto, J.; Briz, J.; Cucoanes, A.; Eronen, T.; Estienne, M.; Fallot, M.; Fraile, L.; Ganioglu, Ela; Gelletly, W.; Gorelov, D.; Hakala, J.; Jokinen, A.; Jordan, D.; Kankainen, A.; Kolhinen, V.; Koponen, J.; Lebois, M.; Martinez, T.; Monserrate, M.; Montaner-Piza, A.; Moore, I.; Nacher, E.; Orrigo, S.; Penttila, H.; Pohjalainen, I.; Porta, A.; Reinikainen, J.; Reponen, M.; Rinta-Antila, S.; Rubio, B.; Rytkonen, K.; Shiba, T.; Sonnenschein, V.; Valencia, E.; Vedia, V.; Voss, A.; Wilson, J.; Zakari-Issoufou, A.

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2017.02.047

Characterization of a cylindrical plastic beta-detector with Monte Carlo simulations of optical photons

Guadilla V., Algora A., Tain J. L., Agramunt J., Aysto J., Briz J. A., ...Daha Fazla

NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, cilt.854, ss.134-138, 2017 (SCI-Expanded)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 854
Basım Tarihi: 2017
Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.nima.2017.02.047
Dergi Adı: NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.134-138
İstanbul Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

In this work we report on the Monte Carlo study performed to understand and reproduce experimental measurements of a new plastic beta-detector with cylindrical geometry. Since energy deposition simulations differ from the experimental measurements for such a geometry, we show how the simulation of production and transport of optical photons does allow one to obtain the shapes of the experimental spectra. Moreover, taking into account the computational effort associated with this kind of simulation, we develop a method to convert the simulations of energy deposited into light collected, depending only on the interaction point in the detector. This method represents a useful solution when extensive simulations have to be done, as in the case of the calculation of the response function of the spectrometer in a total absorption gamma-ray spectroscopy analysis.