TY - JOUR
T1 - Radioactive decays in Geant4
AU - Hauf, Steffen
AU - Kuster, Markus
AU - Batič, Matej
AU - Bell, Zane W.
AU - Hoffmann, Dieter H.H.
AU - Lang, Philipp M.
AU - Neff, Stephan
AU - Pia, Maria Grazia
AU - Weidenspointner, Georg
AU - Zoglauer, Andreas
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - The simulation of radioactive decays is a common task in Monte-Carlo systems such as Geant4. Usually, a system either uses an approach focusing on the simulations of every individual decay or an approach which simulates a large number of decays with a focus on correct overall statistics. The radioactive decay package presented in this work permits, for the first time, the use of both methods within the same simulation framework-Geant4. The accuracy of the statistical approach in our new package, RDM-extended, and that of the existing Geant4 per-decay implementation (original RDM), which has also been refactored, are verified against the ENSDF database. The new verified package is beneficial for a wide range of experimental scenarios, as it enables researchers to choose the most appropriate approach for their Geant4-based application.
AB - The simulation of radioactive decays is a common task in Monte-Carlo systems such as Geant4. Usually, a system either uses an approach focusing on the simulations of every individual decay or an approach which simulates a large number of decays with a focus on correct overall statistics. The radioactive decay package presented in this work permits, for the first time, the use of both methods within the same simulation framework-Geant4. The accuracy of the statistical approach in our new package, RDM-extended, and that of the existing Geant4 per-decay implementation (original RDM), which has also been refactored, are verified against the ENSDF database. The new verified package is beneficial for a wide range of experimental scenarios, as it enables researchers to choose the most appropriate approach for their Geant4-based application.
KW - ENSDF
KW - Geant4
KW - Monte-Carlo Simulation
KW - radioactive decay
KW - validation
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84883135177
U2 - 10.1109/TNS.2013.2270894
DO - 10.1109/TNS.2013.2270894
M3 - 文章
AN - SCOPUS:84883135177
SN - 0018-9499
VL - 60
SP - 2966
EP - 2983
JO - IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
JF - IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
IS - 4
M1 - 6575161
ER -