Modelling plastic scintillator response to gamma rays using light transport incorporated FLUKA code

M Ranjbar Kohan; G R Etaati; N Ghal-Eh; M J Safari; H Afarideh; E Asadi

doi:10.1016/j.apradiso.2012.01.014

Modelling plastic scintillator response to gamma rays using light transport incorporated FLUKA code

Appl Radiat Isot. 2012 May;70(5):864-7. doi: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2012.01.014. Epub 2012 Jan 31.

Authors

M Ranjbar Kohan¹, G R Etaati, N Ghal-Eh, M J Safari, H Afarideh, E Asadi

Affiliation

¹ Physics Department, Tafresh University, Iran.

PMID: 22341953
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2012.01.014

Abstract

The response function of NE102 plastic scintillator to gamma rays has been simulated using a joint FLUKA+PHOTRACK Monte Carlo code. The multi-purpose particle transport code, FLUKA, has been responsible for gamma transport whilst the light transport code, PHOTRACK, has simulated the transport of scintillation photons through scintillator and lightguide. The simulation results of plastic scintillator with/without light guides of different surface coverings have been successfully verified with experiments.