10.4.6           Prediction of effects from induced scintillation or Cerenkov radiation in PMTs and MCPs

a.              The method used for predicting the fluorescence or Cerenkov radiation production shall either:

¾              use a radiation transport calculation that includes Cerenkov and fluorescence physics models and the instrument shielding geometry, or

¾              use a simplified method capable to demonstrate that the level of error in the prediction is within the accepted margins defined for the project.

b.              The prediction shall assess the effects of:

1.              Direct ionisation of the cathode or dynode of a PMT by a particle, or direct ionisation of the walls of a MCP, in either case producing secondary electrons.

2.              Scintillation of optical components of the PMT/MCP.

3.              Cerenkov radiation induced in any optical components of the instrument from particles above the Cerenkov threshold.