Framework for a Geant4-based simulator of the radiation background and detector responses of the space X-ray observatory suzaku (Astro-E2)

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1310-1316

  Ozaki, Masanobu ^a,b   Watanabe, Shin ^a,b   Terada, Yukikatsu ^c   Itoh, Takeshi ^d   Kitsunezuka, Masaki ^a   Kishishita, Tetsuichi ^a   Ishisaki, Yoshitaka ^e   Takahashi, Tadayuki ^a  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Astronomical satellites; Data processing; Gamma ray astronomy detectors; Geant4; Simulation; X ray astronomy detectors

Indexed keywords

GAMMA-RAY ASTRONOMY DETECTORS; GEANT4; SUZAKU X-RAY OBSERVATORY SATELLITE; X-RAY ASTRONOMY DETECTORS;

ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA PROCESSING; DATA REDUCTION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; RADIATION DETECTORS; SATELLITE SIMULATORS; USER INTERFACES; X RAYS;

SPACECRAFT OBSERVATORIES;

EID: 33746329314     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2006.875197     Document Type: Article

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