IRIS

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

Lessons from Monte Carlo simulations of the performance of a dual-readout fiber calorimeter

FRANCHINO, SILVIA;FRATERNALI, MARCO;GAUDIO, GABRIELLA;GENOVA, PABLO;LIVAN, MICHELE;
2014-01-01

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
2014
The Physics category includes resources of a broad, general nature that contain materials from all areas of physics, The category also includes resources specifically concerned with the following physics sub-fields: mathematical physics, particle and nuclear physics, physics of fluids and plasmas, quantum physics, and theoretical physics.
sì
WOS:000339817500013
2-s2.0-84903286970
Esperti anonimi
Inglese
Internazionale
STAMPA
762
100
118
19
Calorimetry; Cherenkov light; Dual readout method; Optical fibers; Instrumentation; Nuclear and High Energy Physics
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01689002
sì
23
info:eu-repo/semantics/article
262
Akchurin, N.; Bedeschi, F.; Cardini, A.; Cascella, M.; De Pedis, D.; Ferrari, R.; Fracchia, S.; Franchino, Silvia; Fraternali, Marco; Gaudio, Gabriell...espandi
1 Contributo su Rivista::1.1 Articolo in rivista
none
1.1 Articolo in rivista
File in questo prodotto:
Non ci sono file associati a questo prodotto.

I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.

Utilizza questo identificativo per citare o creare un link a questo documento: https://hdl.handle.net/11571/1107593
Citazioni
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.pmc??? ND
  • Scopus 16
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.isi??? 12
social impact