Atmocosmics:: A GEANT 4 code for computing the interaction of cosmic rays with the Earth's atmosphere

被引：140

作者：

Desorgher, L ^{[1
]}

Flückiger, EO ^{[1
]}

Gurtner, A ^{[1
]}

Moser, AR ^{[1
]}

Bütikofer, R ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Bern, Phys Inst, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland

来源：

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MODERN PHYSICS A | 2005年 / 20卷 / 29期

关键词：

atmospheric showers; Monte Carlo; simulation;

D O I：

10.1142/S0217751X05030132

中图分类号：

O57 [原子核物理学、高能物理学];

学科分类号：

070202 ;

摘要：

We have developed a new Monte Carlo code called ATMOCOSMICS based on GEANT 4 that simulates the interaction of cosmic rays with the Earth's atmosphere. The code allows to compute the flux of secondaries (e(-), e(+), protons, neutrons, gammas, muons, pions,...) at user-defined atmospheric depths and/or altitudes. Profiles of the energy deposited by atmospheric shower particles into the atmosphere vs depth and/or altitude can be calculated. We present examples of simulation results obtained with the code, and compare them with experimental data.

引用

页码：6802 / 6804

页数：3

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