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Shower development of particles with momenta from 1 to 10 GeV in the CALICE Scintillator-Tungsten HCAL

Lepton colliders are considered as options to complement and to extend the physics programme at the Large Hadron Collider. The Compact Linear Collider (CLIC) is an $e^+e^-$ collider under development aiming at centre-of-mass energies of up…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-01-14 C. Adloff , J. -J. Blaising , M. Chefdeville , C. Drancourt , R. Gaglione , N. Geffroy , Y. Karyotakis , I. Koletsou , J. Prast , G. Vouters , J. Repond , J. Schlereth , J. Smith , L. Xia , E. Baldolemar , J. Li , S. T. Park , M. Sosebee , A. P. White , J. Yu , G. Eigen , M. A. Thomson , D. R. Ward , D. Benchekroun , A. Hoummada , Y. Khoulaki , J. Apostolakis , D. Dannheim , A. Dotti , K. Elsener , G. Folger , C. Grefe , V. Ivantchenko , M. Killenberg , W. Klempt , E. van der Kraaij , C. B. Lam , L. Linssen , A. -I. Lucaci-Timoce , A. Muennich , S. Poss , A. Ribon , A. Sailer , D. Schlatter , J. Strube , V. Uzhinskiy , C. Carloganu , P. Gay , S. Manen , L. Royer , M. Tytgat , N. Zaganidis , G. C. Blazey , A. Dyshkant , J. G. R. Lima , V. Zutshi , J. -Y. Hostachy , L. Morin , U. Cornett , D. David , A. Ebrahimi , G. Falley , N. Feege , K. Gadow , P. Goettlicher , C. Guenter , O. Hartbrich , B. Hermberg , S. Karstensen , F. Krivan , K. Krueger , S. Lu , B. Lutz , S. Morozov , V. Morgunov , C. Neubueser , M. Reinecke , F. Sefkow , P. Smirnov , M. Terwort , E. Garutti , S. Laurien , I. Marchesini , M. Matysek , M. Ramilli , K. Briggl , P. Eckert , T. Harion , H. -Ch. Schultz-Coulon , W. Shen , R. Stamen , B. Bilki , E. Norbeck , D. Northacker , Y. Onel , G. W. Wilson , K. Kawagoe , Y. Sudo , T. Yoshioka , P. D. Dauncey , M. Wing , F. Salvatore , E. Cortina Gil , S. Mannai , G. Baulieu , P. Calabria , L. Caponetto , C. Combaret , R. Della Negra , G. Grenier , R. Han , J-C. Ianigro , R. Kieffer , I. Laktineh , N. Lumb , H. Mathez , L. Mirabito , A. Petrukhin , A. Steen , W. Tromeur , M. Vander Donckt , Y. Zoccarato , E. Calvo Alamillo , M. -C. Fouz , J. Puerta-Pelayo , F. Corriveau , B. Bobchenko , M. Chadeeva , M. Danilov , A. Epifantsev , O. Markin , R. Mizuk , E. Novikov , V. Popov , V. Rusinov , E. Tarkovsky , N. Kirikova , V. Kozlov , P. Smirnov , Y. Soloviev , D. Besson , P. Buzhan , A. Ilyin , V. Kantserov , V. Kaplin , A. Karakash , E. Popova , V. Tikhomirov , C. Kiesling , K. Seidel , F. Simon , C. Soldner , M. Szalay , M. Tesar , L. Weuste , M. S. Amjad , J. Bonis , S. Callier , S. Conforti di Lorenzo , P. Cornebise , Ph. Doublet , F. Dulucq , J. Fleury , T. Frisson , N. van der Kolk , H. Li , G. Martin-Chassard , F. Richard , Ch. de la Taille , R. Poeschl , L. Raux , J. Rouene , N. Seguin-Moreau , M. Anduze , V. Balagura , V. Boudry , J-C. Brient , R. Cornat , M. Frotin , F. Gastaldi , E. Guliyev , Y. Haddad , F. Magniette , G. Musat , M. Ruan , T. H. Tran , H. Videau , B. Bulanek , J. Zacek , J. Cvach , P. Gallus , M. Havranek , M. Janata , J. Kvasnicka , D. Lednicky , M. Marcisovsky , I. Polak , J. Popule , L. Tomasek , M. Tomasek , P. Ruzicka , P. Sicho , J. Smolik , V. Vrba , J. Zalesak , B. Belhorma , H. Ghazlane , K. Kotera , T. Takeshita , S. Uozumi , S. Chang , A. Khan , D. H. Kim , D. J. Kong , Y. D. Oh , M. Goetze , J. Sauer , S. Weber , C. Zeitnitz

Performance of the CMS Hadron Calorimeter with Cosmic Ray Muons and LHC Beam Data

The CMS Hadron Calorimeter in the barrel, endcap and forward regions is fully commissioned. Cosmic ray data were taken with and without magnetic field at the surface hall and after installation in the experimental hall, hundred meters…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2012-08-27 CMS Collaboration

Tests of a Digital Hadron Calorimeter

In the context of developing a hadron calorimeter with extremely fine granularity for the application of Particle Flow Algorithms to the measurement of jet energies at a future lepton collider, we report on extensive tests of a small scale…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2011-05-12 B. Bilki , John Butler , Ed May , Georgios Mavromanolakis , Edwin Norbeck , Jose Repond , David Underwood , Lei Xia , Qingmin Zhang

QGSJET-III model of high energy hadronic interactions: II. Particle production and extensive air shower characteristics

The hadronization procedure of the QGSJET-III Monte Carlo (MC) generator of high energy hadronic interactions is discussed. Selected results of the model, regarding production spectra of secondary particles, are presented in comparison to…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-04-30 Sergey Ostapchenko

Recent Developments in CMS Fast Simulation

CMS has developed a fast detector simulation package, which serves as a fast and reliable alternative to the detailed GEANT4-based (full) simulation, and enables efficient simulation of large numbers of standard model and new physics…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-08-13 Sezen Sekmen

Longitudinal structure optimization for the high density electromagnetic calorimeter

High density electromagnetic sandwich calorimeters with high readout granularity are considered for many future collider and fix-target experiments. Optimization of the calorimeter structure from the point of view of the electromagnetic…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2024-10-01 Oleksandr Borysov , Shan Huang , Kamil Zembaczyński , Aleksander Filip Żarnecki

Studies of granularity of a hadronic calorimeter for tens-of-TeV jets at a 100 TeV $pp$ collider

Jet substructure variables for hadronic jets with transverse momenta in the range from 2.5 TeV to 20 TeV were studied using several designs for the spatial size of calorimeter cells. The studies used the full Geant4 simulation of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-09-04 C. -H. Yeh , S. V. Chekanov , A. V. Kotwal , J. Proudfoot , S. Sen , N. V. Tran , S. -S. Yu

The very forward CASTOR calorimeter of the CMS experiment

The physics motivation, detector design, triggers, calibration, alignment, simulation, and overall performance of the very forward CASTOR calorimeter of the CMS experiment are reviewed. The CASTOR Cherenkov sampling calorimeter is located…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-02-11 CMS Collaboration

Hadron Identification Prospects With Granular Calorimeters

In this work we consider the problem of determining the identity of hadrons at high energies based on the topology of their energy depositions in dense matter, along with the time of the interactions. Using GEANT4 simulations of a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-07-24 Andrea De Vita , Abhishek , Max Aehle , Muhammad Awais , Alessandro Breccia , Riccardo Carroccio , Long Chen , Tommaso Dorigo , Nicolas R. Gauger , Ralf Keidel , Jan Kieseler , Enrico Lupi , Federico Nardi , Xuan Tung Nguyen , Fredrik Sandin , Kylian Schmidt , Pietro Vischia , Joseph willmore

CaloHadronic: a diffusion model for the generation of hadronic showers

Simulating showers of particles in highly-granular calorimeters is a key frontier in the application of machine learning to particle physics. Achieving high accuracy and speed with generative machine learning models can enable them to…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2026-02-02 Thorsten Buss , Frank Gaede , Gregor Kasieczka , Anatolii Korol , Katja Krüger , Peter McKeown , Martina Mozzanica

UCGretina GEANT4 Simulation of the GRETINA Gamma-Ray Energy Tracking Array

UCGretina, a GEANT4 simulation of the GRETINA gamma-ray tracking array of highly-segmented high-purity germanium detectors is described. We have developed a model of the array, in particular of the Quad Module and the capsules, that gives…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-04-21 L. A. Riley , D. Weisshaar , H. L. Crawford , M. L. Agiorgousis , C. M. Campbell , M. Cromaz , P. Fallon , A. Gade , S. D. Gregory , E. B. Haldeman , L. R. Jarvis , E. D. Lawson-John , B. Roberts , B. V. Sadler , C. G. Stine

LHAASO-KM2A detector simulation using Geant4

KM2A is one of the main sub-arrays of LHAASO, working on gamma ray astronomy and cosmic ray physics at energies above 10 TeV. Detector simulation is the important foundation for estimating detector performance and data analysis. It is a big…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-05-14 Zhen Cao , F. Aharonian , Q. An , Axikegu , Y. X. Bai , Y. W. Bao , D. Bastieri , X. J. Bi , Y. J. Bi , J. T. Cai , Q. Cao , W. Y. Cao , Zhe Cao , J. Chang , J. F. Chang , A. M. Chen , E. S. Chen , Liang Chen , Lin Chen , Long Chen , M. J. Chen , M. L. Chen , Q. H. Chen , S. H. Chen , S. Z. Chen , T. L. Chen , Y. Chen , N. Cheng , Y. D. Cheng , M. Y. Cui , S. W. Cui , X. H. Cui , Y. D. Cui , B. Z. Dai , H. L. Dai , Z. G. Dai , Danzengluobu , X. Q. Dong , K. K. Duan , J. H. Fan , Y. Z. Fan , J. Fang , K. Fang , C. F. Feng , L. Feng , S. H. Feng , X. T. Feng , Y. L. Feng , S. Gabici , B. Gao , C. D. Gao , L. Q. Gao , Q. Gao , W. Gao , W. K. Gao , M. M. Ge , L. S. Geng , G. Giacinti , G. H. Gong , Q. B. Gou , M. H. Gu , F. L. Guo , X. L. Guo , Y. Q. Guo , Y. Y. Guo , Y. A. Han , H. H. He , H. N. He , J. Y. He , X. B. He , Y. He , Y. K. Hor , B. W. Hou , C. Hou , X. Hou , H. B. Hu , Q. Hu , S. C. Hu , D. H. Huang , T. Q. Huang , W. J. Huang , X. T. Huang , X. Y. Huang , Y. Huang , Z. C. Huang , X. L. Ji , H. Y. Jia , K. Jia , K. Jiang , X. W. Jiang , Z. J. Jiang , M. Jin , M. M. Kang , T. Ke , D. Kuleshov , K. Kurinov , B. B. Li , Cheng Li , Cong Li , D. Li , F. Li , H. B. Li , H. C. Li , H. Y. Li , J. Li , Jian Li , Jie Li , K. Li , W. L. Li , W. L. Li , X. R. Li , Xin Li , Y. Z. Li , Zhe Li , Zhuo Li , E. W. Liang , Y. F. Liang , J. Lin , B. Liu , C. Liu , D. Liu , H. Liu , H. D. Liu , J. Liu , J. L. Liu , J. Y. Liu , M. Y. Liu , R. Y. Liu , S. M. Liu , W. Liu , Y. Liu , Y. N. Liu , R. Lu , Q. Luo , H. K. Lv , B. Q. Ma , L. L. Ma , X. H. Ma , J. R. Mao , Z. Min , W. Mitthumsiri , H. J. Mu , Y. C. Nan , A. Neronov , Z. W. Ou , B. Y. Pang , P. Pattarakijwanich , Z. Y. Pei , M. Y. Qi , Y. Q. Qi , B. Q. Qiao , J. J. Qin , D. Ruffolo , A. Sáiz , D. Semikoz , C. Y. Shao , L. Shao , O. Shchegolev , X. D. Sheng , F. W. Shu , H. C. Song , Yu. V. Stenkin , V. Stepanov , Y. Su , Q. N. Sun , X. N. Sun , Z. B. Sun , P. H. T. Tam , Q. W. Tang , Z. B. Tang , W. W. Tian , C. Wang , C. B. Wang , G. W. Wang , H. G. Wang , H. H. Wang , J. C. Wang , K. Wang , L. P. Wang , L. Y. Wang , P. H. Wang , R. Wang , W. Wang , X. G. Wang , X. Y. Wang , Y. Wang , Y. D. Wang , Y. J. Wang , Z. H. Wang , Z. X. Wang , Zhen Wang , Zheng Wang , D. M. Wei , J. J. Wei , Y. J. Wei , T. Wen , C. Y. Wu , H. R. Wu , S. Wu , X. F. Wu , Y. S. Wu , S. Q. Xi , J. Xia , J. J. Xia , G. M. Xiang , D. X. Xiao , G. Xiao , G. G. Xin , Y. L. Xin , Y. Xing , Z. Xiong , D. L. Xu , R. F. Xu , R. X. Xu , W. L. Xu , L. Xue , D. H. Yan , J. Z. Yan , T. Yan , C. W. Yang , F. Yang , F. F. Yang , H. W. Yang , J. Y. Yang , L. L. Yang , M. J. Yang , R. Z. Yang , S. B. Yang , Y. H. Yao , Z. G. Yao , Y. M. Ye , L. Q. Yin , N. Yin , X. H. You , Z. Y. You , Y. H. Yu , Q. Yuan , H. Yue , H. D. Zeng , T. X. Zeng , W. Zeng , M. Zha , B. B. Zhang , F. Zhang , H. M. Zhang , H. Y. Zhang , J. L. Zhang , L. X. Zhang , Li Zhang , P. F. Zhang , P. P. Zhang , R. Zhang , S. B. Zhang , S. R. Zhang , S. S. Zhang , X. Zhang , X. P. Zhang , Y. F. Zhang , Yi Zhang , Yong Zhang , B. Zhao , J. Zhao , L. Zhao , L. Z. Zhao , S. P. Zhao , F. Zheng , J. H. Zheng , B. Zhou , H. Zhou , J. N. Zhou , M. Zhou , P. Zhou , R. Zhou , X. X. Zhou , C. G. Zhu , F. R. Zhu , H. Zhu , K. J. Zhu , X. Zuo

Study of Silicon+6LiF thermal neutron detectors: GEANT4 simulations versus real data

Research and development on alternative thermal neutron detection technologies and methods are nowadays needed as a possible replacement of 3He-based ones. Commercial solid state silicon detectors, coupled with neutron converter layers…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-03-07 Sergio Lo Meo , Luigi Cosentino , Paolo Bartolomei , Paolo Finocchiaro

Radioactive Decays in Geant4

The simulation of radioactive decays is a common task in Monte-Carlo systems such as Geant4. Usually, a system either uses an approach focusing on the simulations of every individual decay or an approach which simulates a large number of…

Computational Physics · Physics 2015-06-16 Steffen Hauf , Markus Kuster , Matej Batič , Zane W. Bell , Dieter H. H. Hoffmann , Philipp M. Lang , Stephan Neff , Maria Grazia Pia , Georg Weidenspointner , Andreas Zoglauer

Instrument simulation for the analysis of cosmic ray electron with the Fermi LAT

The Fermi LAT collaboration has built up a detailed Monte Carlo simulation to characterize the instrument response and tune its performance. The simulation code is built around the widely used GEANT4 toolkit and was carefully validated…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 C. Sgrò , J. Bregeon , L. Baldini

Test of high-energy interaction models using the hadronic core of EAS

Using the large hadron calorimeter of the KASCADE experiment, hadronic cores of extensive air showers have been studied. The hadron lateral and energy distributions have been investigated in order to study the reliability of the shower…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 T. Antoni , J. R. Hoerandel

Direct Simulation of Low-Pressure Supersonic Gas Expansions and its Experimental Verification

The use of gas expansions to generate atomic or molecular beams has become a standard technique in nuclear and hadron physics for the production of polarized ion beams and gas targets. A direct simulation Monte Carlo method was used to…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2009-01-09 Alexander Nass , Erhard Steffens

Geant4 simulation model of electromagnetic processes in oriented crystals for accelerator physics

Electromagnetic processes of charged particles interaction with oriented crystals provide a wide variety of innovative applications such as beam steering, crystal-based extraction/collimation of leptons and hadrons in an accelerator, a…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2023-07-26 Alexei Sytov , Laura Bandiera , Kihyeon Cho , Soonwook Hwang , Giuseppe Antonio Pablo Cirrone , Luciano Pandola , Susanna Guatelli , Anatoly Rosenfeld , Viktar Haurylavets , Victor Tikhomirov , Vladimir Ivanchenko

Comparison of the measured atmospheric muon rate with Monte Carlo simulations and sensitivity study for detection of prompt atmospheric muons with KM3NeT

The KM3NeT Collaboration has successfully deployed the first detection units of the next generation undersea neutrino telescopes in the Mediterranean Sea at the two sites in Italy and in France. A sample of the data collected between…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-10-20 Piotr Kalaczyński

Studies of the Response of the Prototype CMS Hadron Calorimeter, Including Magnetic Field Effects, to Pion, Electron, and Muon Beams

We report on the response of a prototype CMS hadron calorimeter module to charged particle beams of pions, muons, and electrons with momenta up to 375 GeV/c. The data were taken at the H2 and H4 beamlines at CERN in 1995 and 1996. The…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2008-11-26 V. V. Abramov , B. S. Acharya , N. Akchurin , I. Atanasov , G. Baiatian , A. Ball , S. Banerjee , P. de Barbaro , V. Barnes , G. Bencze , A. Bodek , M. Booke , H. Budd , L. Cremaldi , P. Cushman , S. R. Dugad , L. Dimitrov , A. Dyshkant , J. Elias , V. N. Evdokimov , D. Fong , J. Freeman , V. Genchev , P. I. Goncharov , D. Green , A. Gurtu , V. Hagopian , P. Iaydijiev , Yu. Korneev , A. Krinitsyn , G. Krishnaswami , M. R. Krishnaswamy , V. Kryshkin , S. Kunori , A. Laasanen et. al