Monte Carlo simulation of gas Cerenkov detectors
Abstract
A Cerenkov production model and its incorporation into a general geometry Monte Carlo coupled electron/photon transport code is discussed. A special optical photon ray-trace is implemented using bulk optical properties assigned to each Monte Carlo zone. Good agreement exists between experimental and calculated Cerenkov data in the case of a carbon-dioxide gas Cerenkov detector experiment. Cerenkov production and threshold data are presented for a typical carbon-dioxide gas detector that converts a 16.7 MeV photon source to Cerenkov light, which is collected by optics and detected by a photomultiplier.
- Publication:
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Presented at the Nucl. Sci. Symp
- Pub Date:
- 1984
- Bibcode:
- 1984nusc.symp.....M
- Keywords:
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- Carbon Dioxide;
- Cerenkov Counters;
- Cerenkov Radiation;
- Gas Detectors;
- Monte Carlo Method;
- Optical Equipment;
- Electrons;
- Gamma Rays;
- Photomultiplier Tubes;
- Photons;
- Instrumentation and Photography