Geant4 - X-Ray Telescope Example
Introduction
XrayTel is an advanced Geant4 example based on a realistic simulation of
an X-ray Telescope. It is based on work carried out by a team of Geant4
experts to simulate the interaction between X-ray Telescopes XMM-Newton
and Chandra with low energy protons present in the orbital radiation
background. The X-ray mirrors are designed to collect x-ray photons at
grazing-incidence angles and focus them onto detectors at the focal plane.
However, this mechanism also seems to work for low energy protons which,
if they reach the detectors in sufficient numbers, can cause damage.
In this example, the geometry has been simplified by using a single mirror
shell and no baffles, but all the dimensions and materials are realistic.
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