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author Glaser, Christian
García-Fernández, Daniel
Nelles, Anna
Alvarez-Muñiz, Jaime
Barwick, Steven W.
Besson, Dave Z.
Clark, Brian A.
Connolly, Amy
Deaconu, Cosmin
de Vries, Krijn
Hanson, Jordan C.
Hokanson-Fasig, Ben
Lahmann, R.
Latif, Uzair
Kleinfelder, Stuart A.
Persichilli, Christopher
Pan, Yue
Pfender, Carl
Plaisier, Ilse
Seckel, Dave
Torres, Jorge
Toscano, Simona
van Eijndhoven, Nick
Vieregg, Abigail
Welling, Christoph
Winchen, Tobias
Wissel, Stephanie A.
author_facet Glaser, Christian
García-Fernández, Daniel
Nelles, Anna
Alvarez-Muñiz, Jaime
Barwick, Steven W.
Besson, Dave Z.
Clark, Brian A.
Connolly, Amy
Deaconu, Cosmin
de Vries, Krijn
Hanson, Jordan C.
Hokanson-Fasig, Ben
Lahmann, R.
Latif, Uzair
Kleinfelder, Stuart A.
Persichilli, Christopher
Pan, Yue
Pfender, Carl
Plaisier, Ilse
Seckel, Dave
Torres, Jorge
Toscano, Simona
van Eijndhoven, Nick
Vieregg, Abigail
Welling, Christoph
Winchen, Tobias
Wissel, Stephanie A.
contents 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.
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spellingShingle NuRadioMC: Simulating the radio emission of neutrinos from interaction to detector
Glaser, Christian
García-Fernández, Daniel
Nelles, Anna
Alvarez-Muñiz, Jaime
Barwick, Steven W.
Besson, Dave Z.
Clark, Brian A.
Connolly, Amy
Deaconu, Cosmin
de Vries, Krijn
Hanson, Jordan C.
Hokanson-Fasig, Ben
Lahmann, R.
Latif, Uzair
Kleinfelder, Stuart A.
Persichilli, Christopher
Pan, Yue
Pfender, Carl
Plaisier, Ilse
Seckel, Dave
Torres, Jorge
Toscano, Simona
van Eijndhoven, Nick
Vieregg, Abigail
Welling, Christoph
Winchen, Tobias
Wissel, Stephanie A.
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
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.
title NuRadioMC: Simulating the radio emission of neutrinos from interaction to detector
topic Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
url https://arxiv.org/abs/1906.01670