Published July 15, 2006
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Journal article
Simulation studies of delta-ray backgrounds in a Compton-Scatter Transition Radiation Detector
- 1. Universities Space Research Association (United States) and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771 (United States)
- 2. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 (United States)
- 3. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771 (United States)
Description
In order to evaluate the response to cosmic-ray nuclei of a Compton-Scatter Transition Radiation Detector in the proposed ACCESS space-based mission, a hybrid Monte Carlo simulation using GEANT3 and an external transition radiation (TR) generator routine was constructed. This simulation was employed to study the effects of delta-ray production induced by high-energy nuclei and to maximize the ratio of TR to δ-ray background. The results demonstrate the ability of a Compton-Scatter Transition Radiation Detector to measure nuclei from boron to iron up to Lorentz factors γ∼105, taking into account the steeply falling power-law cosmic ray spectra
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.nima.2006.02.164;
- arXiv
- arXiv:physics/0601020v1;
- PII
- S0168-9002(06)00411-6;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
- Journal Volume
- 563
- Journal Issue
- 2
- Journal Page Range
- p. 303-305
- ISSN
- 0168-9002
- CODEN
- NIMAER
Conference
- Title
- 3. workshop on advanced transition radiation detectors for accelerators and space applications
- Dates
- 7-10 Sep 2005
- Place
- Rosa Marina di Ostuni (Italy)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 38035025
- Subject category
- S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- COMPTON EFFECT; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; COSMIC RADIATION; COSMIC RAY DETECTION; DELTA RAYS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NUCLEI; TRANSITION RADIATION; TRANSITION RADIATION DETECTORS
- Descriptors DEC
- BASIC INTERACTIONS; CALCULATION METHODS; DETECTION; ELASTIC SCATTERING; ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERACTIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; INTERACTIONS; IONIZING RADIATIONS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIATIONS; SCATTERING; SIMULATION
Optional Information
- Copyright
- Copyright (c) 2006 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.