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Monte-Carlo Event Generation for X-Ray Thomson Scattering Analysis

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2026-04-08 v1 Plasma Physics

Abstract

A key diagnostic in warm-dense matter (WDM) experiments is X-ray Thomson scattering (XRTS), but its interpretation is often limited by complex instrument effects and the high computationally expensive combinations of microscopic models with detector simulations. We present a proof-of-principle implementation of an event-driven approach to XRTS modelling, inspired by particle physics event-generators. Instead of computing the spectra via forward models, individual scattering events are sampled from the differential cross section and sent through a spectrometer simulation. This provides a statistically consistent representation that preserves full kinematic information and enables flexible and geometry-aware analysis. We demonstrate the feasibility and physical consistency of the method for non-resonant XRTS in a synthetic setup. By decoupling event generation from detector-level analysis, the framework allows efficient reuse of the sampled events and reduces computational overhead associated with repeated evaluations. The method is model-agnostic and establishes a new connection between particle-physics event generation techniques and WDM diagnostics, providing a scalable foundation for advanced XRTS analysis and inference.

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@article{arxiv.2604.05935,
  title  = {Monte-Carlo Event Generation for X-Ray Thomson Scattering Analysis},
  author = {Uwe Hernandez Acosta and Thomas Gawne and Jan Vorberger and Hannah Bellenbaum and Anton Reinhard and Simeon Ehrig and Klaus Steiniger and Michael Bussmann and Tobias Dornheim},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.05935},
  year   = {2026}
}

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15 pages, 7 figures

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