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We considered GEANT4 version 4.9.4 with different Electromagnetic Physics Package for calculation of response functions of detectors based on semi-insulating materials. Computer simulations with GEANT4 packages were run in order to…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2011-12-13 A. I. Skrypnyk , A. A. Zakharchenko , M. A. Khazhmuradov

We have investigated scintillation light distribution in BaF$_{2}$ and pure CsI crystals with dimensions 3x3x20 cm$^{3}$ using the Geant4 toolkit. The diffuse wrapping material is selected as coating for the crystals. The simulated cosmic…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-04-05 Zafar Usubov

Objective: Research on eye lens dosimetry for radiation workers has increased after the 2012 ICRP118 update on eye lens dose limits. However, corneal dosimetry remains underexplored due to historical focus and measurement challenges. This…

Medical Physics · Physics 2025-09-26 Zahra Akbari Khanaposhtani , Hossein Rajabi

In this paper, we study the recent excess of low energy events observed by the CoGeNT collaboration and the annual modulation reported by the DAMA/LIBRA collaboration, and discuss whether these signals could both be the result of the same…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2010-12-24 Dan Hooper , J. I. Collar , Jeter Hall , Dan McKinsey , Chris Kelso

In this study, we employ the Monte Carlo simulations by using the GEANT4 code to demonstrate the capability of muon tomography based on the dual-parameter analysis in the examination of the nuclear waste barrels. Our current hodoscope setup…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-12-06 Ahmet Ilker Topuz , Madis Kiisk , Andrea Giammanco

This work is dedicated to computer modeling of the parameters of a tungsten converter for studying the processes of radiation damage during the interaction of ionizing radiation with solutions of organic dyes. Simulation was carried out in…

Computational Physics · Physics 2021-12-15 Tetiana Malykhina , Vladimir Kovtun , Valentin Kasilov , Sergey Gokov

We propose two-dimensional materials as targets for direct detection of dark matter. Using graphene as an example, we focus on the case where dark matter scattering deposits sufficient energy on a valence-band electron to eject it from the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2017-07-11 Yonit Hochberg , Yonatan Kahn , Mariangela Lisanti , Christopher G. Tully , Kathryn M. Zurek

A model for beam customization with collimators and a range-compensating filter based on the phase-space theory for beam transport is presented for dose distribution calculation in treatment planning of radiotherapy with protons and heavier…

Medical Physics · Physics 2008-05-27 Nobuyuki Kanematsu , Shunsuke Yonai , Azusa Ishizaki , Masami Torikoshi

A CubeSat with a prototype scintillating detector with a sensitive volume of GAGG crystal is being developed with a possible launch date of 2025. Its purpose is to characterize the background signals that mimic the neutrino interaction that…

The imaging performance of a high-resolution preclinical microPET system employing liquid xenon as the gamma ray detection medium was simulated. The arrangement comprises a ring of detectors consisting of trapezoidal LXe time projection…

Medical Physics · Physics 2012-03-23 A. Miceli , J. Glister , A. Andreyev , D. Bryman , L. Kurchaninov , P. Lu , A. Muennich , F. Retiere , V. Sossi

Purpose: A novel rotating gamma stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) system (Galaxy RTi) with real-time image guidance technology has been developed for high-precision SRS and frameless fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy (SRT). This work…

Medical Physics · Physics 2022-10-11 Huan Liu , Ahmed Eldib , Lili Chen , Bin Wang , Shidong Li , Curtis Miyamoto , CM Charlie Ma

GAMMA-400 is a new space mission, designed as a dual experiment, capable to study both high energy gamma rays (from $\sim$100 MeV to few TeV) and cosmic rays (electrons up to 20 TeV and nuclei up to $\sim$10$^{15}$ eV). The full simulation…

Most virtual source models (VSM) use beam modeling, with the exception of the patient-dependent secondary collimator (jaw). Unlike other components of the treatment head, the jaw absorbs many photons generated by the bremsstrahlung, which…

A Geant4-based Monte Carlo model for Heavy-Ion Therapy (MCHIT) is used to study radiation fields of H-1, He-4, Li-7 and C-12 beams with similar ranges (~160-180 mm) in water. Microdosimetry spectra are simulated for wall-less and walled…

Medical Physics · Physics 2014-02-10 Lucas Burigo , Igor Pshenichnov , Igor Mishustin , Marcus Bleicher

Spectral shape differences between photons produced in $\pi^0\to\gamma+\gamma$ and $\pi^0\to\gamma+A_D$ may provide a new avenue for dark photon searches. Assuming 70 $\mu$m thick tungsten foils separated by 200 $\mu$m and a 1 GeV proton…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-05-14 D. Aristizabal Sierra , A. Betancur , K. Pohl , J. Velez

Scintillating calorimeters are cryogenic detectors combining a measurement of scintillation with one of phonons to provide particle identification. In view of developing alkali halide devices of this type able to check the DAMA/LIBRA claim…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-04-08 Patrick Nadeau , Michael Clark , P. C. F. Di Stefano , J. -C. Lanfranchi , S. Roth , M. von Sivers , Itay Yavin

Total-body positron emission tomography (PET) imaging has the potential to transform medical care of a number of diseases and augment our knowledge of systems biology. Various detector designs and geometries are currently under development…

The propagation of minibeams of protons and $^{12}$C in a water phantom was modelled with Geant4 v10.3, and the survival probabilities of human salivary gland cells representing healthy and tumour tissues of normal radiosensitivity were…

Medical Physics · Physics 2025-09-16 A. O. Svetlichnyi , S. D. Savenkov , I. A. Pshenichnov

The distribution of the prompt gamma emissions induced by proton interactions in a target material carries information concerning the proton range and target composition. In order to image prompt gamma we present different approaches. The…

A broad-beam-delivery system for heavy-charged-particle radiotherapy often employs multiple collimators and a range-compensating filter, which potentially offer complex beam customization. In treatment planning, it is however difficult for…

Medical Physics · Physics 2012-01-11 Nobuyuki Kanematsu