A Monte Carlo simulation framework to study ASTRO-H in-orbit radiation and detector responses based on Geant4 toolkit

Masanobu Ozaki; Hirokazu Odaka; Tamotsu Sato; Tetsuya Yasuda; Makoto Asai; Kazuyoshi Hiragi; Tsunefumi Mizuno; Hideyuki Mori; Yukikatsu Terada; Akihiro Furuzawa

doi:10.1117/12.925879

17 September 2012 A Monte Carlo simulation framework to study ASTRO-H in-orbit radiation and detector responses based on Geant4 toolkit

Masanobu Ozaki, Hirokazu Odaka, Tamotsu Sato, Tetsuya Yasuda, Makoto Asai, Kazuyoshi Hiragi, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Hideyuki Mori, Yukikatsu Terada, Akihiro Furuzawa

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Proceedings Volume 8443, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2012: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray; 844356 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925879
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2012, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Abstract

We are developing an ASTRO-H data analysis framework with the Geant4-based Monte Carlo simulation core, and numerical models of the on-orbit environmental radiation and full-satellite mass structure. The framework uses not only Geant4 but also a traditional X-ray mirror ray-tracing simulator, and a file format compatible with the SimX simulator for input and output of celestial body information. The data exchange between the framework and the external software is based on FITS files, which makes it easy to record and trace the internal steps of the whole simulation framework.

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Masanobu Ozaki, Hirokazu Odaka, Tamotsu Sato, Tetsuya Yasuda, Makoto Asai, Kazuyoshi Hiragi, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Hideyuki Mori, Yukikatsu Terada, and Akihiro Furuzawa "A Monte Carlo simulation framework to study ASTRO-H in-orbit radiation and detector responses based on Geant4 toolkit", Proc. SPIE 8443, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2012: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, 844356 (17 September 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925879

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