optics: general-purpose scintillator light response simulation code
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- 作者：Frlez ; E. ; Wright ; B.K. ; Pocanic ; D.
- 关键词：07.05.Tp ; 24.10.Lx ; 29.40.Mc ; 87.59.F ; Computer modeling and simulation ; Monte Carlo simulation of scintillator response ; Scintillation detectors ; Computed tomography
- 刊名：Computer Physics Communications
- 出版年：2001
- 出版时间：February 1, 2001
- 年：2001
- 卷：134
- 期：1
- 页码：110-135
- 全文大小：7.00 M
文摘
We present the program optics that simulates the light response of an arbitrarily shaped scintillation particle detector. Predicted light responses of pure CsI polygonal detectors, plastic scintillator staves, cylindrical plastic target scintillators and a Plexiglas light-distribution plate are illustrated. We demonstrate how different bulk and surface optical properties of a scintillator lead to specific volume and temporal light collection probability distributions. High-statistics optics simulations are calibrated against the detector responses measured in a custom-made cosmic muon tomography apparatus. The presented code can also be used to track particles intersecting complex geometrical objects.