Accelerating Garfield++ with CUDA

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Autori principali: Neep, T., Nikolopoulos, K., Slater, M.
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Pubblicazione: 2025
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author Neep, T.
Nikolopoulos, K.
Slater, M.
author_facet Neep, T.
Nikolopoulos, K.
Slater, M.
contents Garfield++ is extensively used within the gaseous detector community for comprehensive detector simulations, supporting the full experimental life cycle from design to operation and calibration. The emergence of micro-pattern gaseous detectors has necessitated computationally intensive microscopic avalanche simulations. The acceleration of one of Garfield++'s most demanding algorithms, AvalancheMicroscopic, by porting it to graphics processing units using NVIDIA's CUDA framework is described. The modifications are integrated into the Garfield++ codebase and are accessible to end users with only minor adjustments to their existing code. Benchmark results demonstrate substantial speed-up, especially for high-gain avalanches involving thousands of electrons, thereby enabling more efficient and detailed detector simulations.
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spellingShingle Accelerating Garfield++ with CUDA
Neep, T.
Nikolopoulos, K.
Slater, M.
Instrumentation and Detectors
Garfield++ is extensively used within the gaseous detector community for comprehensive detector simulations, supporting the full experimental life cycle from design to operation and calibration. The emergence of micro-pattern gaseous detectors has necessitated computationally intensive microscopic avalanche simulations. The acceleration of one of Garfield++'s most demanding algorithms, AvalancheMicroscopic, by porting it to graphics processing units using NVIDIA's CUDA framework is described. The modifications are integrated into the Garfield++ codebase and are accessible to end users with only minor adjustments to their existing code. Benchmark results demonstrate substantial speed-up, especially for high-gain avalanches involving thousands of electrons, thereby enabling more efficient and detailed detector simulations.
title Accelerating Garfield++ with CUDA
topic Instrumentation and Detectors
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.15377