TY  - JOUR
AU  - Guadilla, V. et al
AU  - Algora, A.
AU  - Tain, J. L.
AU  - Agramunt, J.
AU  - Jordan, D.
AU  - Monserrate, M.
AU  - Montaner-Piza, A.
AU  - Orrigo, S. E. A.
AU  - Rubio, B.
AU  - Valencia, E.
PY  - 2017
DA  - 2017//
TI  - Characterization of a cylindrical plastic beta-detector with Monte Carlo simulations of optical photons
T2  - Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. A
JO  - Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research A
SP  - 134
EP  - 138
VL  - 854
PB  - Elsevier Science Bv
KW  - Plastic scintillators
KW  - Monte Carlo simulations
KW  - Total absorption spectroscopy
KW  - Optical photons
AB  - In this work we report on the Monte Carlo study performed to understand and reproduce experimental measurements of a new plastic beta-detector with cylindrical geometry. Since energy deposition simulations differ from the experimental measurements for such a geometry, we show how the simulation of production and transport of optical photons does allow one to obtain the shapes of the experimental spectra. Moreover, taking into account the computational effort associated with this kind of simulation, we develop a method to convert the simulations of energy deposited into light collected, depending only on the interaction point in the detector. This method represents a useful solution when extensive simulations have to be done, as in the case of the calculation of the response function of the spectrometer in a total absorption gamma-ray spectroscopy analysis.
SN  - 0168-9002
UR  - http://arxiv.org/abs/1611.07346
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2017.02.047
DO  - 10.1016/j.nima.2017.02.047
LA  - English
N1  - WOS:000398869100018
ID  - Guadilla_etal2017
ER  -