A Monte Carlo Method for Rayleigh Scattering in Liquid Detectors

Abstract

A new Monte Carlo method has been implemented to describe the angular and polarization distributions of anisotropic liquids, like water and linear alkylbenzene, by considering orientational fluctuations of polarizability tensors. The scattered light of anisotropic liquids is depolarized with an angular distribution of $1+(1-{\rho }_v)/(1+3{\rho }_v){\cos }^2\theta$, which is modified by the depolarization ratio ${\rho }_v$. A standalone experiment has validated the simulation results of LAB. The new method can provide more accurate knowledge on light propagation in large liquid detectors, which is beneficial to the developments of reconstruction for detectors.

arXiv comment13 pages, 5 figures

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