Application of GEANT4 to the Simulation of High Energy-Resolution Microcalorimeter Detectors

被引：4
作者：
Hoover, Andrew S. [1 ]
Bacrania, Minesh K. [1 ]
Karpius, Pete J. [1 ]
Rabin, Michael W. [1 ]
Rudy, Cliff R. [1 ]
Vo, Duc T. [1 ]
Beall, James A. [2 ]
Doriese, William B. [2 ]
Hilton, Gene C. [2 ]
Horansky, Robert D. [2 ]
Irwin, Kent D. [2 ]
Ullom, Joel N. [2 ]
Vale, Leila R. [2 ]
机构：
[1] Los Alamos Natl Lab, Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA
[2] Natl Inst Stand & Technol, Boulder, CO 80305 USA
来源：
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NUCLEAR SCIENCE | 2009年 / 56卷 / 04期
关键词：
Gamma-ray; microcalorimeter; Monte Carlo; simulation; GAMMA-RAY SPECTROMETERS; ARRAYS;
D O I：
10.1109/TNS.2009.2022160
中图分类号：
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号：
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要：
GEANT4 is a versatile Monte Carlo code for simulating the interactions of radiation with matter. GEANT4 has proven to be an effective toolkit for the simulation of a wide variety of detectors. We are interested in the application of GEANT4 to a new type of sensor technology being developed for X-ray and gamma-ray measurements. Microcalorimeter detectors based on transition-edge sensors coupled to bulk absorbers are an emerging technology for hard X-ray and soft gamma-ray measurements with unprecedented energy resolution. In this work, we assess the ability of the GEANT4 electromagnetic physics package to reproduce measured microcalorimeter data. We also use the simulations to explore the design space of absorber materials and cryostat design.
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