Validation of a Geant4 model of the X-ray fluorescence microprobe at the Australian Synchrotron.
A Geant4 Monte Carlo simulation of the X-ray fluorescence microprobe (XFM) end-station at the Australian Synchrotron has been developed. The simulation is required for optimization of the scan configuration and reconstruction algorithms. As part of the simulation process, a Gaussian beam model was developed. Experimental validation of this simulation has tested the efficacy for use of the low-energy physics models in Geant4 for this synchrotron-based technique. The observed spectral distributions calculated in the 384 pixel Maia detector, positioned in the standard back-scatter configuration, were compared with those obtained from experiments performed at three incident X-ray beam energies: 18.5, 11.0 and 6.8 keV. The reduced χ-squared (\chi^{2}_{\rm{red}}) was calculated for the scatter and fluorescence regions of the spectra and demonstrates that the simulations successfully reproduce the scatter distributions. Discrepancies were shown to occur in the multiple-scatter tail of the Compton continuum. The model was shown to be particularly sensitive to the impurities present in the beryllium window of the Maia detector and their concentrations were optimized to improve the \chi^{2}_{\rm{red}} parametrization in the low-energy fluorescence regions of the spectra.
Department of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia.
Matthew Richard
MR
Dimmock
Australian Synchrotron, 800 Blackburn Road, Clayton, VIC 3168, Australia.
Martin Daly
MD
de Jonge
Australian Synchrotron, 800 Blackburn Road, Clayton, VIC 3168, Australia.
Daryl Lloyd
DL
Howard
Australian Synchrotron, 800 Blackburn Road, Clayton, VIC 3168, Australia.
Simon Alexander
SA
James
CSIRO, Clayton, VIC 3168, Australia.
Robin
R
Kirkham
School of Physics, Monash University, VIC 3800, Australia.
David Maurice
DM
Paganin
Australian Synchrotron, 800 Blackburn Road, Clayton, VIC 3168, Australia.
David John
DJ
Paterson
Australian Synchrotron, 800 Blackburn Road, Clayton, VIC 3168, Australia.
Gary
G
Ruben
CSIRO, Clayton, VIC 3168, Australia.
Chris Gregory
CG
Ryan
School of Physics, Monash University, VIC 3800, Australia.
Jeremy Michael Cooney
JM
Brown
Gaussian beam; Geant4; Maia; Monte Carlo; X-ray fluorescence; simulation