<div dir="ltr">Gate users,<div><br></div><div>I have been doing simulations using scintillators, PMTs, and optical photons. Up until now I have only taken the Hits.dat file and parsed the data using a script I have written to combine the number of photons detected per parent particle as a means of simulating a pulse that would be seen by a PMT.</div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>I have realized that I need to account for the quantum efficiency of the PMT when doing these simulations. Initially I thought that by changing the value for EFFICIENCY in the detection surface definition in the Surfaces.xml file would be sufficient. Is this true?</div>
<div><br></div><div>Secondly, when searching for ways to simulate PMT output, the idea of using the digitizer came up frequently. Initially I shied away from using the digitizer because I did not understand how to incorporate it or what format the output would even be. Has anyone used the digitizer and its modules to recreate the output of a PMT? Such that it includes quantum efficiency, and each 'pulse' represents the number of photons detected for a given parent particle? If so, what would the output look like? Would this be something I could use to generate a simulated spectrum?</div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Any help is greatly appreciated.</div><div><br></div><div>-Amy</div></div>