MONTE-CARLO STUDIES OF THE PERFORMANCE OF SCINTILLATOR DETECTORS FOR TIME-OF-FLIGHT MEASUREMENTS

Authors
YANG XH NAYAK TK CHI CY COLE BA NAGAMIYA S ZAJC WA MIAKE Y
Citation
Xh. Yang et al., MONTE-CARLO STUDIES OF THE PERFORMANCE OF SCINTILLATOR DETECTORS FOR TIME-OF-FLIGHT MEASUREMENTS, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 354(2-3), 1995, pp. 270-279
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Physics, Particles & Fields","Instument & Instrumentation",Spectroscopy
Journal title
Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment → ACNP
ISSN journal
01689002
Volume
354
Issue
2-3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
270 - 279
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1995)354:2-3<270:MSOTPO>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
In this paper we report on a Monte-Carlo program, SToF, developed to e valuate the performance of scintillator-based Time-of-Flight (TOF) det ectors. This program has been used in the design of the TOF system for the PHENIX experiment at RHIC. The program was used to evaluate the i ntrinsic time-of-flight resolution of various scintillator and light-g uide geometries, and the results of these simulations are presented he re. The simulation results agree extremely well with measured pulse-he ight and time distributions with one adjustable parameter. These resul ts, thus, explain also the reduced quantities, such as the position de pendence of the time resolution, etc, implying that SToF will be gener ally useful for estimating the performance of TOF detectors.