Title :
MC-simulations with EGS4/PRESTA for an electromagnetic sampling calorimeter
Author_Institution :
Nat. Lab. for High Energy Phys., Ibaraki, Japan
fDate :
8/1/1993 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The electron transport algorithm PRESTA, developed to improve calculations of electron transport in the low-energy region, is applied to simulations of an electromagnetic sampling calorimeter using a thin silicon detector. Calculated results by default EGS4, EGS4 ESTEPE, and EGS4/PRESTA are compared with experimental values. EGS4/PRESTA can provide almost the same results as those obtained by selected ESTEPE values without considering the materials used at a speed several times faster than that of EGS4/ESTEPE. EGS4/PRESTA is applied to compensation studies by the SICAPO collaboration in order to understand the reason for reductions of the visible energy of electrons using different methods
Keywords :
Monte Carlo methods; calorimeters; electron detection and measurement; simulation; EGS4; EM sampling calorimeter; ESTEPE; PRESTA; Si detector; electromagnetic sampling calorimeter; electron transport; Code standards; Collaboration; Detectors; Electrons; Energy loss; Laboratories; Monte Carlo methods; Physics; Sampling methods; Silicon;
Journal_Title :
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
