1. Development of a Simulation Framework for Spherical Proportional Counters
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J. Matthews, R. Ward, Thomas James Neep, Konstantinos Nikolopoulos, P. Knights, R. E. Owen, I. Katsioulas, Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), and Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay
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Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors ,Photon ,Detector modelling and simulations II (electric fields ,Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors ,Electron ,computer.software_genre ,01 natural sciences ,High Energy Physics - Experiment ,030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging ,High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex) ,Gaseous detectors ,n: spectrometer ,0302 clinical medicine ,[PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex] ,Instrumentation ,Mathematical Physics ,gas: admixture ,Physics ,Detector ,interaction of photons with matter ,Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det) ,Radius ,Simulation software ,interaction of hadrons with matter ,GEANT ,proportional chamber ,pulse formation ,Dark matter ,Detector modelling and simulations I (interaction of radiation with matter ,FOS: Physical sciences ,Proportional counter ,03 medical and health sciences ,0103 physical sciences ,[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det] ,numerical calculations ,detector: design ,etc) ,multiplication and induction ,Muon ,010308 nuclear & particles physics ,dark matter: detector ,electrode ,Anode ,charge transport ,Neutron spectroscopy ,Computational physics ,electron emission ,High Energy Physics::Experiment ,Simulation methods and programs ,computer - Abstract
The spherical proportional counter is a novel gaseous detector with numerous applications, including direct dark matter searches and neutron spectroscopy. The strengths of the Geant4 and Garfield++ toolkits are combined to create a simulation framework for spherical proportional counters. The interface is implemented by introducing Garfield++ classes within a Geant4 application. Simulated muon, electron, and photon signals are presented, and the effects of gas mixture composition and anode support structure on detector response are discussed., 11 pages, 11 figures, proceedings of 15th Topical Seminar on Innovative Particle and Radiation Detectors (IPRD19) 14-17 October 2019 Siena, Italy
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- 2019