Lessons from Monte Carlo simulations of the performance of a dual-readout fiber calorimeter
Articolo
Data di Pubblicazione:
2014
Abstract:
The RD52 calorimeter uses the dual-readout principle to detect both electromagnetic and hadronic
showers, as well las muons. ScintillationandCherenkovlightprovidethetwosignalswhich,in
combination, allowforsuperiorhadronicperformance.Inthispaper,wereportondetailed,GEANT4
based MonteCarlosimulationsoftheperformanceofthisinstrument.Theresultsofthesesimulations
are comparedingreatdetailtomeasurementsthathavebeencarriedoutandpublishedbytheDREAM
Collaboration. Thiscomparisonmakesitpossibletounderstandsubtledetailsoftheshowerdevelop-
ment inthisunusualparticledetector.Italsoallowsforpredictionsoftheimprovementinthe
performance thatmaybeexpectedforlargerdetectorsofthistype.Thesestudiesalsorevealedsome
inadequaciesintheGEANT4simulationpackages,especiallyforhadronicshowers,butalsoforthe
Cherenkovsignalsfromelectromagneticshowers
Tipologia CRIS:
1.1 Articolo in rivista
Keywords:
Calorimetry; Cherenkov light; Dual readout method; Optical fibers; Instrumentation; Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Elenco autori:
Akchurin, N.; Bedeschi, F.; Cardini, A.; Cascella, M.; De Pedis, D.; Ferrari, R.; Fracchia, S.; Franchino, Silvia; Fraternali, Marco; Gaudio, Gabriella; Genova, Pablo; Hauptman, J.; La Rotonda, L.; Lee, S.; Livan, Michele; Meoni, E.; Pinci, D.; Policicchio, A.; Saraiva, J. G.; Scuri, F.; Sill, A.; Venturelli, T.; Wigmans, R.
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