Monte Carlo Simulations for Gamma Ray Detector Calibration (2010)
Undergraduate: Alexander Hill
Faculty Advisor: Hugon Karwowski
Department: Physics & Astronomy
Current experimental gamma-ray detector calibration methods are limited by the availability and existence of radioactive sources. Thus, Monte Carlo simulations are necessary for the generation of detector response data with the precision required for nuclear resonance fluorescence experiments, and for the interpolation of discrete experimental detector efficiency data. We explore the effectiveness of Monte Carlo methods via the GEANT4 library for the efficiency calibration and detector response simulation of Germanium and Cerium-doped Lanthanum Bromide detectors.