EURONS Town Meeting 2008
September 17 - 19, 2008 -
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Title:	Mr.
Family Name:	Schlarb
First Name:	Michael
Gender:	male
E-Mail:	Michael.Schlarbph.tum.de
Affiliation for Badge:	TU München, Garching
Institute:	E12
Address (Street):	James-Franck Strasse
Postal Code, City:	85748 Garching
Country:	Germany
Phone:	00498928912429
Fax:
Young researcher with contribution:	Yes
Arrival Date:	September 16
Departure Date:	September 19
Author(s):	Michael Schlarb, Reiner Krücken, Roman Gernhäuser for the AGATA collaboration
Institute(s):	Lehrstuhl E12, Physik-Department, TU München
Title:	Simulation and Real-Time Analysis of AGATA Pulse Shapes
Abstract:	The Advanced Gamma Tracking Array (AGATA) is a future 4-Pi-Detector of highly-segmented Germanium-Crystalls. We use Pulse Shape Analysis (PSA) to determine the exact interaction locations of the scattered gamma rays, applying a direct comparison of simulated and measured pulse shapes. In order to achieve the required position resolution of 5 mm (FWHM) we need a precise simulation of the pulses. This necessitates an accurate knowledge of the detectors geometry, the mobilities of the charge carriers and of the impurity distribution within the crystals. We present the simulation JASS, we have developed and show the results we obtain from comparison with coincidence and pencil beam data. The expected data rates of each crystal exceed current write speeds of known long term storage devices. PSA will be utilized to reduce the data in near real-time (~10 ms). We use a PSA algorithm based on particle swarm optimization and present its performance on various event types.

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