Monte Carlo study of scintillating fiber gamma ray telescopes

Author

Park, J. ; Atac, M. ; Cline, D.B. ; Fenyves, E.J.

Author_Institution

California Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA

Volume

38

Issue

2

fYear

1991

fDate

4/1/1991 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

119

Lastpage

123

Abstract

The EGS4 (Electron Gamma Shower 4) Monte Carlo program was used to investigate the angular and energy response of double Compton scattering telescopes using plastic scintillating fibers coupled to position-sensitive photomultipliers. The program allows the optimization of important parameters for telescopes under development. The influence of the parameters on the efficiency, and the angular, position, and energy resolution of the telescope was studied. Preliminary results are presented

Keywords

Monte Carlo methods; astronomical telescopes; gamma-ray astronomy; gamma-ray detection and measurement; photomultipliers; position sensitive particle detectors; scintillation counters; EGS4; Electron Gamma Shower 4; Monte Carlo study; astronomy; double Compton scattering telescopes; energy response; optimization; plastic scintillating fibers; position-sensitive photomultipliers; scintillating fiber gamma ray telescopes; Electromagnetic scattering; Electrons; Energy resolution; Monte Carlo methods; Particle scattering; Photomultipliers; Plastics; Prototypes; Telescopes; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/23.289283

Filename

289283