Estimation of Energy Deposition via Detector Sections in Muon Scattering Tomography

Attestation Based on GEANT4 Simulations

Abstract

Traditionally, the Bethe-Bloch equation describes the parameters associated with the energy loss in course of the particle propagation in a certain medium. In this study, an attempt is made to determine the average deposited energy by means of the GEANT4 simulations for a set of materials including aluminum, copper, iron, lead, and uranium. The kinetic energy of the incoming muons on the detector layers is tracked, and the average energy deposited within the target material is computed by taking the difference between the kinetic energies at the detector layers. The simulation outcomes are compared and contrasted with those of Groom et al., 2001 by stating the corresponding statistics, i.e. the standard deviations. It is shown that the GEANT4 simulations might be utilized in order to calculate the mean deposited energy, the outcome of which is comparable with the existing data in the literature.