Simulating the Background Noise in the LEGRI CZT Detectors

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Mar 2001

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Astrophysics and Space Science, v. 276, Issue 1, p. 263-271 (2001).

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A Monte-Carlo model of the MINISAT 01 satellite has been built. This model, based on the GEANT software suite, is used to study the background noise induced in the cadmium zinc telluride (CZT) in the LEGRI detector. We find that the background noise count rate at the poles is ~ 50% higher than at the equator. This increase is due to the effects of geomagnetic rigidity cut-off. We also simulate the effects of passages through the South Atlantic Anomaly (SAA) with simulations showing an increase of ~ 0.5 counts cm^-2 sec^-1 after the SAA, in good agreement with observational data.

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