A general Monte Carlo calculation for the geometrical efficiency of a detection system

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Abstract

A general Monte Carlo procedure is described for calculating the geometrical efficiency of a detection system with regard to a beam of particles impinging on a gaseous target or on a plane parallel target plate with finite thickness, while the detected particles are emitted with an isotropic angular distribution or one of the form [1−0.5P2 (cos θ)], with P2 (cos θ) the second Legendre polynomial. This method was successfully applied to the analysis of the 16O(γ, P0)15N data.

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Present address: Atletiekplein 5, B-9000 Gent, Belgium.

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Present address: Laboratorium voor Natuurkunde II, Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Gent, Belgium.

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