Estimates of the Fluorescence-Induced Backscattered Dose for the LPD Detector

This report gives an estimate of the additional dose, or photons, the Large Pixel Detector (LPD) will be subjected to because of fluorescence and backscattered radiation emitted by the tantalum layer shielding the application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs). The Geant4-based Mulassis simulation environment used to obtain these results is also described.