Simulations of the HEX payload using Geant4

Manju Sudhakar; Santosh Vadawale; P. Sreekumar

doi:10.1109/NSSMIC.2007.4436617

Simulations of the HEX payload using Geant4

Manju Sudhakar^*
, Santosh Vadawale
, P. Sreekumar

^*Corresponding author for this work

Manipal Centre for Natural Sciences, Manipal

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Abstract

CHANDRAYAAN-I, India's first mission to the Moon, carries on board, the High Energy X-ray Spectrometer (HEX) payload. This is a spectroscopic experiment, designed to measure the line and continuum flux from the Lunar surface in the 30-250 keV energy range. The main science goal of HEX is to map the strength of the 46.5 keV line, emitted when volatile ²²²Rn decays to ²¹⁰Pb, across the Lunar surface. Mapping the intensity of this line as a function of Lunar latitude, is an indirect tracer of the migration of volatile substances (like water) over the Lunar surface. This paper addresses various design optimizations of the HEX payload, spectral redistribution function of the primary detector, and estimation of the detector background due to Lunar γ-ray Albedo and Galactic Cosmic Ray protons, using the software toolkit, Geant4.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2007 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS-MIC
Pages	2351-2357
Number of pages	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/NSSMIC.2007.4436617
Publication status	Published - 2007
Event	2007 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS-MIC - Honolulu, HI, United States Duration: 27-10-2007 → 03-11-2007

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Name	IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record
Volume	3
ISSN (Print)	1095-7863

Conference

Conference	2007 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS-MIC
Country/Territory	United States
City	Honolulu, HI
Period	27-10-07 → 03-11-07

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Radiation
Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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Sudhakar, M, Vadawale, S & Sreekumar, P 2007, Simulations of the HEX payload using Geant4. in 2007 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS-MIC., 4436617, IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, vol. 3, pp. 2351-2357, 2007 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS-MIC, Honolulu, HI, United States, 27-10-07. https://doi.org/10.1109/NSSMIC.2007.4436617

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