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Geant/Fluka Comparison Meeting 2012/11/15

Preliminary Geant Plots

Scintillator

Energy 280 GeV
Particle Type muon
Material myScintC9H12
Geant Version 4.9.5
Physics List GFcompare_PhysicsList.hh

Hydrogen Captures

Figure 1: Hydrogen Neutron Captures vs. Time Figure 2: Hydrogen Neutron Captures vs. Time Comparing Mu-Nuc On and Off

τ = 266.652 for μ-Nuc off and τ = 272.162 for μ-Nuc on.

Figure 3: Hydrogen Neutron Captures vs. Radial Distance Figure 4: Hydrogen Neutron Captures vs. Radial Distance Comparing Mu-Nuc On and Off
Figure 5: Hydrogen Neutron Captures vs. Multiplicity Figure 6: Hydrogen Neutron Captures vs. Multiplicity Comparing Mu-Nuc On and Off

Carbon Captures

The plots below are neutrons captured by Carbon. Please note that making these plots required me to remove an energy cut I was using in the case of Hydrogen to ensure that the resulting energetic Hydrogen actually came from neutrons. I have manually checked a small portion of data and found that all excited Carbon came from a neutron parent. However, this was a very small portion of the data and cannot be assumed to represent the whole.

Figure 7: Carbon Neutron Captures vs. Time
Figure 8: Carbon Neutron Captures vs. Radial Distance
Figure 9: Carbon Neutron Captures vs. Multiplicity
Energy 280 GeV
Particle Type muon
Material myScintC9H12
Geant Version 4.9.5
Physics List CDMS_SuperSim_PhysicsList.hh
μ-Nuc On
Total Events 797000
Data List files_Scint_on_mu_280.txt

Hydrogen Captures

Figure 10: Hydrogen Neutron Captures vs. Time

τ = 270.404

Figure 11: Hydrogen Neutron Captures vs. Radial Distance
Figure 12: Hydrogen Neutron Captures vs. Multiplicity

Carbon Captures

Figure 13: Carbon Neutron Captures vs. Time
Figure 14: Carbon Neutron Captures vs. Radial Distance
Figure 15: Carbon Neutron Captures vs. Multiplicity

Lead

Energy 280 GeV
Particle Type muon
Material myLead
Geant Version 4.9.5
Physics List CDMS_SuperSim_PhysicsList.hh
Total Events (μ-Nuc off) 900000
Total Events (μ-Nuc on) 200000
Data List (μ-Nuc off) files_Lead_off_mu_280.txt
Data List (μ-Nuc on) files_Lead_on_mu_280.txt
Figure 16: Thermal Neutrons vs. Time: μ-Nuc off Figure 17: Thermal Neutrons vs. Time: μ-Nuc on

τ = 904.752 for μ-Nuc off and τ = 884.37 for μ-Nuc on.

Figure 18: Thermal Neutrons vs. Radial Distance: μ-Nuc off Figure 19: Thermal Neutrons vs. Radial Distance: μ-Nuc on
Figure 20: Thermal Neutrons vs. Multiplicity: μ-Nuc off Figure 21: Thermal Neutrons vs. Multiplicity: μ-Nuc on

Water

Energy 280 GeV
Particle Type muon
Material myWater
Geant Version 4.9.5
Physics List CDMS_SuperSim_PhysicsList.hh
Total Events (μ-Nuc off) 900000
Total Events (μ-Nuc on) 600000
Data List (μ-Nuc off) files_Water_off_mu_280.txt
Data List (μ-Nuc on) files_Water_on_mu_280.txt

Hydrogen Captures

Figure 22: Hydrogen Neutron Captures vs. Time: μ-Nuc off Figure 23: Hydrogen Neutron Captures vs. Time: μ-Nuc on

τ = 219.476 for μ-Nuc off and τ = 218.104 for μ-Nuc on.

Figure 24: Hydrogen Neutron Captures vs. Radial Distance: μ-Nuc off Figure 25: Hydrogen Neutron Captures vs. Radial Distance: μ-Nuc on
Figure 26: Hydrogen Neutron Captures vs. Multiplicity: μ-Nuc off Figure 27: Hydrogen Neutron Captures vs. Multiplicity: μ-Nuc on

Oxygen Captures

Figure 28: Oxygen Neutron Captures vs. Time: μ-Nuc off Figure 29: Oxygen Neutron Captures vs. Time: μ-Nuc on
Figure 30: Oxygen Neutron Captures vs. Radial Distance: μ-Nuc off Figure 31: Oxygen Neutron Captures vs. Radial Distance: μ-Nuc on
Figure 32: Oxygen Neutron Captures vs. Multiplicity: μ-Nuc off Figure 33: Oxygen Neutron Captures vs. Multiplicity: μ-Nuc on