Closed soleti closed 2 years ago
Now that I look, there was already a p-terphenyl material stub, but it was called TPH. Let me fix this...
Ok, I understand then that TPH is a specific type of p-terphenyl?
Not that I am aware of? The materials list states G4String name = "TPH"; // p - terphenyl
Not that I am aware how? The materials list states
G4String name = "TPH"; // p - terphenyl
Ok, it's just an abbreviation of terphenyl
, then :-).
Some publications refer to p-terphenyl as TPH. The function @soleti mentions comes from the early days of NEXT, where we explored the use of several WLS. You can remove it or call the new function from within, if we want to keep both names.
I think it's better to keep just one name, as it is in the current version proposed by @soleti, it's simpler and avoids confusion.
P-terphenyl is an organic compound which can be used to shift Xe light into the near UV. Coupled to UV-to-blue fibers (such as B2 from Kuraray), it may provide a higher light collection efficiency than the usual blue-to-green fibers + TPB. This PR includes a first implementation of this material. The literature doesn't provide the WLS absorption length as a function of the wavelength, so we make an estimate based on the absorption spectrum provided in https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-0221/5/04/P04007.