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Geant4 Comparative Study of Affecting Different Parameters on Optical Photons Related to the Plastic Scintillation Detector



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M. Ebrahimi Shohani1, S. M. Golgoun1,2, M. Aminipour1, A. Shabani1, A. R. Mazoochi1, R. Maghsoudi1, A. Olfateh1, S. M. Taheri1,2 and M. R. Davarpanah1,2

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DOI:10.17265/2159-5348/2017.06.007

1. Pars Isotope Company, P.O. Box 14376-63181, Tehran, Iran 2. Radiation Application Research School, Nuclear Science and Technology Research Institute, P.O. Box 11365-3486, Tehran, Iran

In this research, different parameters of plastic scintillator detector were investigated by Geant4 simulation toolkit. These parameters consisted of radius, length and position of PMT as well as surface reflective type and finish options. Furthermore, response time distributions of two organic plastic materials were studied. The results indicated that collecting optical photons has a linear relationship with PMT radius head. Also, the vertical location of PMT has a non-linear relationship with the optical photons collection. However, the collection decreased by increasing PMT length or moving PMT head horizontal position. The response functions of two plastic scintillator materials were in good agreement with experimental published results. Also, Geant4 radiation transport code can simulate incident radiation photon and predict subsequent events to the PMT head very well. The results indicated that BC-404 has faster scintillation properties versus BC-400 organic scintillator materials. Comparison between Geant4 outputs illustrates that the best reflector material and surface finish type for optical photons is ground TiO₂.

Geant4 Monte Carlo Code, optical photon collection, plastic scintillator, reflector material, surface finish.