A software toolkit to simulate activation background for high energy detectors onboard satellites

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Authors	GALGOCZI Gábor ŘÍPA Jakub DILILLO Peppe MASANORI Ohno RICCARDO Campana WERNER Norbert
Year of publication	2020
Type	Article in Proceedings
Conference	Proc. SPIE 11444, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2020: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, 1144492
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Science
Citation
Web	https://arxiv.org/pdf/2101.03946.pdf https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2560829
Doi	http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2560829
Keywords	simulation; CubeSat; activation; background
Description	A software toolkit for the simulation of activation background for high energy detectors onboard satellites is presented on behalf of the HERMES-SP1 collaboration. The framework employs direct Monte Carlo and analytical calculations allowing computations two orders of magnitude faster and more precise than a direct Monte Carlo simulation. The framework was developed in a way that the model of the satellite can be replaced easily. Therefore the framework can be used for different satellite missions. As an example, the proton induced activation background of the HERMES CubeSat is quantified.
Related projects:	MUNI Award in Science and Humanities 3