The spherical proportional counter is a novel gaseous detector with numerous applications, including direct dark matter searches and neutron spectroscopy. The strengths of the Geant4 and Garfield++ toolkits are combined to create a simulation framework for spherical proportional counters. The interface is implemented by introducing Garfield++ classes within a Geant4 application. Simulated muon, electron, and photon signals are presented, and the effects of gas mixture composition and anode support structure on detector response are discussed.
@article{arxiv.2002.02718,
title = {Development of a Simulation Framework for Spherical Proportional Counters},
author = {I. Katsioulas and P. Knights and J. Matthews and T. Neep and K. Nikolopoulos and R. Owen and R. Ward},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2002.02718},
year = {2020}
}
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11 pages, 11 figures, proceedings of 15th Topical Seminar on Innovative Particle and Radiation Detectors (IPRD19) 14-17 October 2019 Siena, Italy