Materials: documentation corrections

\chapter{Physics Models \& Material Properties }

\label{ch:models}

\apsq stores and implements a variety of properties and models to describe the physics of semiconductor detectors.

\apsq implements a variety of properties and models to describe the physics of semiconductor detectors.

Models are implemented module-independently and can be selected via configuration parameters in the respective models, while sensor material properties serve as a default to module parameters and can be overwritten in the respective configuration section.

This chapter serves as central reference for the different properties and models.

\label{sec:material_properties}

\apsq supports the definition of a variety of semiconductor sensor materials.

To simplify the setup of simulations with certain materials and to avoid inconclusive results, a set of default material properties is defined for each available material.

To simplify the setup of simulations with certain materials and to avoid inconsistent results, a set of default material properties is defined for each available material.

These stored values serve as defaults to modules depending on one of these properties and may thus be overwritten using the corresponding configuration key in the respective section of the main configuration file.

These values are currently implemented:

The following parameters are currently provided by the framework:

\begin{itemize}

\item Charge creation energy

\item Fano factor

\end{itemize}

The values for various materials are listed in Table~\ref{tab:material_properties}.

It should be noted that for many of the following values, contradictive measurements exist throughout literature, thus the sources of the values are provided in the following.

It should be noted that for many of the following values a significant variation on measurements exist throughout literature, among others owed to a variation of material quality and composition and of vendors.

The sources for the chosen default values are provided in the table.

\begin{table}[tbp]

\caption{List of default sensor material properties implemented in \apsq}