Published December 1, 1993
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Journal article
A Monte Carlo investigation of lead-scintillator calorimeters for hadrons
Description
The FLUKA Monte Carlo code has been used augmented by models of the low energy neutron cascade to study hadronic shower development in the multilayer structure of lead-scintillator calorimeters. Hadron detection is investigated for the range of thicknesses of scintillator plates from 0.1 to 0.5 cm and absorber plates from 0.1 to 2.5 cm, as well as for incident hadron energies in the range from 3 to 200 GeV and for 1 TeV. Good agreement is found with measurements, including the sampling fluctuations. The effects of lateral energy leakage on the calorimeter signal and its resolution are discussed. (orig.)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
- Journal Volume
- 336
- Journal Issue
- 3
- Journal Page Range
- p. 442-459.
- ISSN
- 0168-9002
- CODEN
- NIMAER
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- Netherlands
- INIS RN
- 25026152
- Subject category
- S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
- Descriptors DEI
- CALORIMETERS; CASCADE SHOWERS; CASCADE THEORY; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; CORRELATION FUNCTIONS; CORRELATIONS; ELECTRON DETECTION; ENERGY DEPENDENCE; ENERGY DEPOSITION; ENERGY LOSSES; ENERGY RESOLUTION; FLUCTUATIONS; GEV RANGE 01-10; GEV RANGE 10-100; GEV RANGE 100-1000; LEAD; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRON TRANSPORT; PION DETECTION; RELATIVISTIC RANGE; SHOWER COUNTERS; SOLID SCINTILLATION DETECTORS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION
- Descriptors DEC
- CALCULATION METHODS; CHARGED PARTICLE DETECTION; DETECTION; DISTRIBUTION; ELEMENTS; ENERGY RANGE; FUNCTIONS; GEV RANGE; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; METALS; NEUTRAL-PARTICLE TRANSPORT; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIATION TRANSPORT; RESOLUTION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SHOWERS; SIMULATION; VARIATIONS