• DocumentCode
    437766
  • Title

    Development of a monte carlo simulator for the Astro-E2 hard X-ray detector (HXD-II)

  • Author

    Terada, Yukikatsu ; Watanabe, Shin ; Ohno, Masanori ; Suzuki, Masaya ; Itoh, Takeshi ; Takahashi, Isao ; Sato, Goro ; Murashima, Mio ; Uchiyama, Yasunobu ; Kubo, Satoshi ; Takahashi, Tadayuki ; Tashiro, Makoto ; Kokubun, Motohide ; Makishima, Kazuo ; Kama

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Phys. & Chem. Res., Saitama, Japan
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    16-22 Oct. 2004
  • Firstpage
    395
  • Lastpage
    399
  • Keywords
    Monte Carlo methods; X-ray apparatus; X-ray astronomy; X-ray detection; cosmic ray apparatus; cosmic rays; p-i-n diodes; solid scintillation detectors; 10 to 600 keV; 2 mm; Astro-E2 Hard X-ray Detector; BGO phoswich counters; GSO phoswich counters; Geant4 toolkit; HXD-II hardware; HXD-II in-orbit performance; MeV protons; Monte Carlo simulator design concept; cosmic X-ray satellite; cosmic radiation; detector background; energy response; event-selection; pre-flight radio-isotope irradiation experiments; pre-launch verifications; primary cosmic-rays; radio-activation background; secondary cosmic-rays; silicon PIN diodes; Counting circuits; Gamma ray detection; Gamma ray detectors; Monte Carlo methods; Physics; Protons; Satellite broadcasting; Silicon; X-ray detection; X-ray detectors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2004 IEEE
  • ISSN
    1082-3654
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8700-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/NSSMIC.2004.1462220
  • Filename
    1462220