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NuRadioMC: Simulating the radio emission of neutrinos from interaction to detector
- Source :
- Eur. Phys. J. C 80, 77 (2020)
- Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- NuRadioMC is a Monte Carlo framework designed to simulate ultra-high energy neutrino detectors that rely on the radio detection method. This method exploits the radio emission generated in the electromagnetic component of a particle shower following a neutrino interaction. NuRadioMC simulates everything from the neutrino interaction in a medium, the subsequent Askaryan radio emission, the propagation of the radio signal to the detector and finally the detector response. NuRadioMC is designed as a modern, modular Python-based framework, combining flexibility in detector design with user-friendliness. It includes a state-of-the-art event generator, an improved modelling of the radio emission, a revisited approach to signal propagation and increased flexibility and precision in the detector simulation. This paper focuses on the implemented physics processes and their implications for detector design. A variety of models and parameterizations for the radio emission of neutrino-induced showers are compared and reviewed. Comprehensive examples are used to discuss the capabilities of the code and different aspects of instrumental design decisions.<br />Comment: replaced with published version
Details
- Database :
- arXiv
- Journal :
- Eur. Phys. J. C 80, 77 (2020)
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsarx.1906.01670
- Document Type :
- Working Paper
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-020-7612-8