Energy loss in thin layers in GEANT

doi:10.1016/0168-9002(95)00344-4

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volume 362, Issues 2–3, 15 August 1995, Pages 416-422

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Abstract

A method for the simulation of the energy loss distribution in thin gaseous layers has been implemented in GEANT and tested. Comparisons are made between the new code and the standard method in GEANT. Improvements are made to the standard method to enable a fast and reliable simulation of energy losses in thin layers.

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Energy loss in thin layers in GEANT

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