Re: [fluka-discuss]: Newbie question on simulating NaI response to photons

From: Alfredo Ferrari <alfredo.ferrari_at_cern.ch>
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 09:36:44 +0100

The quick answer is yeas. Of course you have to add yourself the
resolution due to the NaI photostatistics and the (slight) non linearity
of the NaI response. What the code can do pretty weel is to simulate the
energy deposition into the crystal



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On Tue, 12 Nov 2013, Ray F. Cowan wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm a newbie at using FLUKA and would need to simulate the response
> function of an NaI crystal to incident photons in the 10 keV to 100 MeV
> energy range. I wonder if FLUKA is a reasonable tool for this purpose?
>
> Thank you for any advice.
> --Ray
>
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