Accelerating avalanche simulation in gas based charged particle detectors

O. Bouhali; A. Sheharyar; T. Mohamed

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2018.05.061

Accelerating avalanche simulation in gas based charged particle detectors

O. Bouhali^*, A. Sheharyar, T. Mohamed

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HBKU College of Science and Engineering

Texas A&M University at Qatar

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Abstract

The development and optimization of Micro Pattern Gaseous Detectors relies heavily on the simulation of the geometry, the avalanche process and the signal generation inside the detector. In complex scenarios where high detector gas gains are required, the simulation can be computationally expensive and can become a bottleneck for the R&D process. In this paper we present two approaches to reduce the simulation execution time when using the Garfield⁺⁺ simulation package. We present the two approaches and discuss the results.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	92-98
Number of pages	7
Journal	Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume	901
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2018.05.061
Publication status	Published - 1 Sept 2018

Keywords

Finite Element Method (FEM)
Optimization
Parallel efficiency
Speedup factor
Triple GEM (Gas Electron Multiplier)

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