A Geant4 based framework for pixel detector simulation

Journal of Instrumentation

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Schubel A ^a,b   Krapohl, D ^a   Frojdh E ^a,c   Frojdh C ^a   Thungstrom G ^a  

^a MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c CERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Performance of high energy physics detectors; Simulation methods and programs; Software architectures (event data models, frameworks and databases)

Indexed keywords

CARRIER TRANSPORT; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; HYBRID MATERIALS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PIXELS; RADIOACTIVITY; READOUT SYSTEMS;

CHARGE-CARRIER TRANSPORT; CONFIGURATION FILES; DETECTOR DEVELOPMENT; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS DETECTOR; HYBRID PIXEL DETECTORS; RADIOACTIVE SOURCES; SIMULATION FRAMEWORK; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 84918823479     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17480221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/9/12/C12018     Document Type: Conference Paper

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