Published October 1987 | Version v1
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An application of the GEANT3 geometry package to the description of the OPAL detector

Creators

  • 1. Manchester Univ. (UK). Dept. of Physics
  • 2. European Organization for Nuclear Research, Geneva (Switzerland)
  • 3. University Coll., London (UK). Dept. of Physics
  • 4. Maryland Univ., College Park (USA). Dept. of Physics
  • 5. Carleton Univ., Ottawa, Ontario (Canada). Dept. of Physics
  • 6. Birmingham Univ. (UK). Dept. of Physics
  • 7. Weizmann Inst. of Science, Rehovoth (Israel). Dept. of Nuclear Physics
  • 8. Tokyo Univ. (Japan)
  • 9. Montreal Univ., Quebec (Canada). Lab. de Physique Nucleaire
  • 10. CEA Centre d'Etudes Nucleaires de Saclay, 91 - Gif-sur-Yvette (France). Dept. de Physique des Particules Elementaires
  • 11. Science and Engineering Research Council, Chilton (UK). Rutherford Appleton Lab.
  • 12. Chicago Univ., IL (USA). Enrico Fermi Inst.
  • 13. Bologna Univ. (Italy). Dipt. di Fisica
  • 14. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Bologna (Italy)
  • 15. Cambridge Univ. (UK). Dept. of Physics

Description

We present the general features of the GEANT3 package for coding the geometrical structure of a large and complex detector in the computer programs used for their design and analysis. This package has been developed in the context of Monte Carlo studies of detector performance but should be well matched to the problem of analysis. As a specific example, we illustrate the description of the OPAL detector for the Large Electron Positron collider at CERN and show the results of a sample study using this description. (orig.)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Comput. Phys. Commun.
Journal Volume
47
Journal Issue
1
Series
Comput. Phys. Commun.
Journal Page Range
55-74
ISSN
0010-4655
CODEN
CPHCB

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
Netherlands
INIS RN
19009358
Subject category
S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
Descriptors DEI
CALORIMETERS; CYLINDRICAL CONFIGURATION; DRIFT CHAMBERS; G CODES; GEOMETRY; LEP STORAGE RINGS; MAGNET COILS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROGRAMMING; SOLENOIDS
Descriptors DEC
COMPUTER CODES; CONFIGURATION; ELECTRIC COILS; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT; MATHEMATICS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; MULTIWIRE PROPORTIONAL CHAMBER; PROPORTIONAL COUNTERS; RADIATION DETECTORS; STORAGE RINGS