scintillator module¶

Scintillator¶

module with scintillator functions

scintillator.generate_pulses(n, t, amp, energy, spectrum, k=10.0, lc=1.0, qeff=1.0)¶

Generates scintillator pulses selcting random times according to the scintillator pulse shape.

Args:

n (int): the number of pulses to be generated

t (numpy.array): time axis of the scintillator pulse shape

amp (numpy.array): amplitude of the scintillator pulse shape

energy (numpy.array): energy axis [keVee]

spectrum (numpy.array): normalized spectrum

Kwargs:

k (float): conversion from keVee to number of photons

lc (float): light collection efficiency

qeff (float): quantum efficiency of the PMT. Implemented here and not in the pmt module to speed up the calculation

Returns:

mypulses (list): list containing the simulated pulses. Each pulse consists of an array of times of photon production

scintillator.load_coefficients()¶

Reads the scintillator coefficients from the input file “dat/scintillator.dat”.

scintillator.scintillator(ptype, coeff_dict, plen=600, dt=0.05)¶

Calculates the scintillator pulse shape.

Args:

ptype (str): type of pulse. Can be “electron” or “proton”

coeff_dict (dict): dictionary with scintillator coefficients

Kwargs:

plen (float): pulse length [ns]

dt (float): time step [ns]

Returns:

t (numpy.array): time vector

amp (numpy.array): amplitude vector of the scintillation pulse