@Article{NEMO-3CollaborationArgyriades_etal2011, author="NEMO-3 Collaboration (Argyriades, J. et al and Diaz, J. and Martin-Albo, J. and Monrabal, F. and Novella, P. and Serra, L. and Yahlali, N.", title="Spectral modeling of scintillator for the NEMO-3 and SuperNEMO detectors", journal="Nuclear Instruments {\&} Methods in Physics Research A", year="2011", publisher="Elsevier Science Bv", volume="625", number="1", pages="20--28", optkeywords="Scintillation; Photomultiplier; Plastic scintillators; Optical photon transport; GEANT 4; Double beta decay", abstract="We have constructed a GEANT4-based detailed software model of photon transport in plastic sontillator blocks and have used it to study the NEMO-3 and SuperNEMO calorimeters employed in experiments designed to search for neutnnoless double beta decay We compare our simulations to measurements using conversion electrons from a calibration source of (BI)-B-207 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.", optnote="ISI:000285432400004", optnote="exported from refbase (https://references.ific.uv.es/refbase/show.php?record=587), last updated on Mon, 02 May 2022 13:36:28 +0000", issn="0168-9002", doi="10.1016/j.nima.2010.09.027", opturl="http://arxiv.org/abs/arXiv:1004.3779", opturl="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2010.09.027", archivePrefix="arXiv", eprint="arXiv:1004.3779", language="English" }