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Radioactive decay simulation with Geant4: experimental benchmarks and developments for X-ray astronomy applications

Computational Physics 2010-12-02 v1 Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Authors: S. Hauf , M. Kuster , Dieter H. H. Hoffmann , Z. W. Bell , M. G. Pia , Georg Weidenspointner , A. Zoglauer
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Abstract

We present {\gamma} spectroscopy validation measurements for the Geant4 radioactive decay simulation for a selected range of isotopes using a simple experimental setup. Using these results we point out problems in the decay simulation and where they may originate from.

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@article{arxiv.1012.0139,
  title  = {Radioactive decay simulation with Geant4: experimental benchmarks and developments for X-ray astronomy applications},
  author = {S. Hauf and M. Kuster and Dieter H. H. Hoffmann and Z. W. Bell and M. G. Pia and Georg Weidenspointner and A. Zoglauer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1012.0139},
  year   = {2010}
}

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4 pages, to appear in proceedings of the Joint International Conference on Supercomputing in Nuclear Applications and Monte Carlo 2010

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