NuRadioMC: simulating the radio emission of neutrinos from interaction to detector

Glaser C, García-Fernández D, Nelles A, Alvarez-Muñiz J, Barwick SW, Besson DZ, Clark BA, Connolly A, Deaconu C, de Vries KD, Hanson JC, Hokanson-Fasig B, Lahmann R, Latif U, Kleinfelder SA, Persichilli C, Pan Y, Pfendner C, Plaisier I, Seckel D, Torres J, Toscano S, van Eijndhoven N, Vieregg A, Welling C, Winchen T, Wissel SA (2020)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2020

Journal

European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields Springer Verlag

Book Volume: 80

Article Number: 77

Journal Issue: 2

DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-020-7612-8

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.

Authors with CRIS profile

Anna Nelles Professur für Experimentelle Astroteilchenphysik, insbesondere Radionachweis von Neutrinos Robert Lahmann Lehrstuhl für Experimentalphysik (Astroteilchenphysik)

Involved external institutions

Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY DE Germany (DE) University of California Irvine US United States (USA) (US) Ohio State University US United States (USA) (US) University of Wisconsin - Madison US United States (USA) (US) California Polytechnic State University US United States (USA) (US) Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) / Free University of Brussels BE Belgium (BE) Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) BE Belgium (BE) University of Delaware (UDEL) US United States (USA) (US) University of Kansas (KU) US United States (USA) (US) Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics US United States (USA) (US) University of Santiago de Compostela / Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (USC) ES Spain (ES) Otterbein University US United States (USA) (US) Whittier College US United States (USA) (US)

How to cite

APA:

Glaser, C., García-Fernández, D., Nelles, A., Alvarez-Muñiz, J., Barwick, S.W., Besson, D.Z.,... Wissel, S.A. (2020). NuRadioMC: simulating the radio emission of neutrinos from interaction to detector. European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields, 80(2). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-020-7612-8

MLA:

Glaser, C., et al. "NuRadioMC: simulating the radio emission of neutrinos from interaction to detector." European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields 80.2 (2020).

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