https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/s10050-023-01036-1
Regular Article - Experimental Physics
Simulation of the AGATA spectrometer and coupling with ancillary detectors
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Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), Daresbury Laboratory, Keckwick Lane, Warrington, UK
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IJClab, Université Paris Saclay, CNRS, Orsay, France
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Dipartimento di Fisica, Universitá degli Studi di Milano, 20133, Milan, Italy
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INFN Sezione di Milano, 20133, Milan, Italy
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School of Physics, Engineering and Technology, University of York, Heslington, YO10 5DD, York, UK
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Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Legnaro, Italy
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IFIC, CSIC-Universitat de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
Received:
7
March
2023
Accepted:
16
May
2023
Published online:
17
July
2023
The design study of the AGATA array began with the development of the AGATA simulation code using GEANT4. The latter played a key part in the final design of the array and provided a cost effective solution for the early development of the tracking algorithm. The code has since been maintained and developed by the collaboration to provide more realistic simulations, with reaction chambers, ancillary detectors and surrounding mechanical structures completing the entire setup.
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