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Towards a Realistic Monte Carlo Simulation of the MPD Detector at NICA

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During the preparation of the physics program of any experiment it is very important to perform a realistic simulation of the detector, i.e. to describe real detector effects with as many details as possible. In this paper the current status of such a simulation of the MPD TPC (Time Projection Chamber) is demonstrated, including description of relevant processes. Data reconstruction approaches are also presented along with the main results on detector performance.

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9. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Authors would like to thank S. Merts and P. Batyuk for their work on earlier versions of the TPC digitization software package and S. Lobastov for the implementation of the TPC-TOF matching procedure. The investigation has been performed at the Laboratory of High Energy Physics, JINR.

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    V. Kolesnikov, A. Mudrokh, V. Vasendina & A. Zinchenko

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Kolesnikov, V., Mudrokh, A., Vasendina, V. et al. Towards a Realistic Monte Carlo Simulation of the MPD Detector at NICA. Phys. Part. Nuclei Lett. 16, 6–15 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1547477119010084

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