First photoelectron timing error evaluation of a new scintillationdetector model
Petrick, N.; Clinthorne, N.H.; Rogers, W.L.; Hero, A.O., III
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
Volume 38, Issue 2, Apr 1991 Page(s):174 - 177
Digital Object Identifier   10.1109/23.289292
Summary:A general timing system model for a scintillation detector developed by Hero et al. (1990) was experimentally evaluated. The detector consists of a scintillator and a photodetector such as a photomultiplier tube (PMT) or an avalanche photodiode. The model uses a Poisson point process to characterize the light output from the scintillator. This timing model was used to simulate a bismuth germanate (BGO) scintillator with a Burle 8575 PMT using first photoelectron timing detection. Evaluation of the model consisted of comparing the root-mean-square error from the simulations with the error from the actual detector system. It is found that the general model compares well with the actual error results for the BGO/8575 PMT detector

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