TY - JOUR AU - AGATA Collaboration AU - Farnea, E. AU - Recchia, F. AU - Bazzacco, D. AU - Kroll, T. AU - Podolyak, Z. AU - Quintana, B. AU - Gadea, A. PY - 2010 DA - 2010// TI - Conceptual design and Monte Carlo simulations of the AGATA array T2 - Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. A JO - Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research A SP - 331 EP - 343 VL - 621 IS - 1-3 PB - Elsevier Science Bv KW - Monte Carlo code KW - gamma-ray tracking array AB - The aim of the Advanced GAmma Tracking Array (AGATA) project is the construction of an array based on the novel concepts of pulse shape analysis and gamma-ray tracking with highly segmented Ge semiconductor detectors. The conceptual design of AGATA and its performance evaluation under different experimental conditions has required the development of a suitable Monte Carlo code. In this article, the description of the code as well as simulation results relevant for AGATA, are presented. SN - 0168-9002 UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2010.04.043 DO - 10.1016/j.nima.2010.04.043 LA - English N1 - ISI:000281109100045 ID - AGATACollaboration_etal2010 ER -