Spectral modeling of scintillator for the NEMO-3 and SuperNEMO detectors
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Author(s)
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
We have constructed a GEANT4-based detailed software model of photon transport in plastic scintillator blocks and have used it to study the NEMO-3 and SuperNEMO calorimeters employed in experiments designed to search for neutrinoless double beta decay. We compare our simulations to measurements using conversion electrons from a calibration source of 207Bi and show that the agreement is improved if wavelength-dependent properties of the calorimeter are taken into account. In this article, we briefly describe our modeling approach and results of our studies.
Date Issued
2010-10-19
Date Acceptance
2010-09-09
Citation
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 2010, 625 (1), pp.20-28
ISSN
0168-9002
Publisher
Elsevier
Start Page
20
End Page
28
Journal / Book Title
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume
625
Issue
1
Copyright Statement
© 2010, Elsevier. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Sponsor
Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council (PPARC)
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Grant Number
PP/E000037/1
ST/G008914/1
ST/H000577/1 SuperNEMO
ST/K001604/1
Subjects
Science & Technology
Technology
Physical Sciences
Instruments & Instrumentation
Nuclear Science & Technology
Physics, Nuclear
Physics, Particles & Fields
Physics
Scintillation
Photomultiplier
Plastic scintillators
Optical photon transport
GEANT 4
Double beta decay
DOUBLE-BETA DECAY
MO-100
CODE
Publication Status
Published