The dependence of the virtual point detector on the scintillation detector dimensions

T. Rubin; I. Brandys; O. Presler

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2019.03.023

The dependence of the virtual point detector on the scintillation detector dimensions

T. Rubin, I. Brandys, O. Presler

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

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Abstract

The virtual point detector (VPD) is a useful concept, which is used to simplify the calibration and usage of radiation detectors. Investigation and validation of the VPD concept for a variety of NaI(Tl) scintillation detectors’ geometrical dimensions and incident photon energies is presented. Monte Carlo calculations were performed in order to find the correlation between the VPD position and the detector dimensions. A general formula was found, describing the dependence of the VPD position on cylindrical detector's radius, attenuation coefficient and photon energies. The expression was found to be valid to 8% error relative to simulation data, for a large parameter range.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	34-41
Number of pages	8
Journal	Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume	929
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2019.03.023
State	Published - 11 Jun 2019

Keywords

Detector
Efficiency
Monte Carlo
Scintillation
Virtual point

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Instrumentation

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