STARDUST: A Code for the Simulation of Particle Tracks on Arrays of Sensitive Volumes With Substrate Diffusion Currents

Author

Rolland, G. ; Silva, L. Pinheiro da ; Inguimbert, C. ; David, J.P. ; Ecoffet, R. ; Auvergne, M.

Author_Institution

Centre Nat. d´´Etudes Spatiales, Toulouse

Volume

55

Issue

4

fYear

2008

Firstpage

2070

Lastpage

2078

Abstract

This paper describes STARDUST, a new Monte Carlo code dedicated to the simulation of particle tracks on imaging detector arrays. The geometrical detector model, the particle parameters sampling method, the particle tracking and energy deposition and, finally, the carrier collection by diffusion currents in the substrate are described in detail. Some examples of simulations are given at the end, together with a comparison between COROT satellite data and simulation results.

Keywords

Monte Carlo methods; image sensors; particle tracks; Monte Carlo code; STARDUST; geometrical detector model; imaging detector arrays; particle parameters sampling method; particle track simulation; satellite data; substrate diffusion currents; Detectors; Electrons; Monte Carlo methods; Optical imaging; Particle tracking; Protons; Sampling methods; Satellites; Sensor arrays; Solid modeling; Detectors; electron impacts; galactic cosmic rays; proton impacts; simulation;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TNS.2008.920427

Filename

4636917