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2.2 Determination of the interaction point<br />

The mean free path of a particle for a given process, λ, depends on the medium and cannot be used directly<br />

to sample the probability of an interaction in a heterogeneous detector. The number of mean free paths<br />

which a particle travels is:<br />

∫<br />

N λ =<br />

dx<br />

λ(x)<br />

and it is independent of the material traversed. If N R is a random variable denoting the number of mean free<br />

paths from a given point until the point of interaction, it can be shown that N R has the distribution function<br />

P (N R

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