Modeling a Fermion Telescope Detector

ORAL

Abstract

Laboratory nuclear astrophysics reactions typical of stellar energies are becoming of great interest. We wish to validate an observation of conversion electrons from p-chain type stellar reactions in condensed matter. To extend the capabilities of a typical silicon delta-E/E charged particle detector to include conversion electrons we are adding a plastic calorimeter. Reported here is the effort to model the detector using Geant4 simulation software.

Authors

  • Emma Rasmussen

    Physics and Astronomy Brigham Young University

  • John E. Ellsworth

    Physics and Astronomy, Brigham Young University, Physics and Astronomy Brigham Young University