The Geant4 Bertini cascade

Wright, D. H.; Kelsey, M. H.

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2015.09.058

Title: The Geant4 Bertini cascade

Journal Article · Wed Sep 30 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2015.09.058· OSTI ID:1229556

Wright, D. H. ^[1]; Kelsey, M. H. ^[1]

SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA (United States)

One of the medium energy hadron-nucleus interaction models in the Geant4 simulation toolkit is based partly on the Bertini intranuclear cascade model. Since its initial appearance in the toolkit, this model has been largely rewritten in order to extend its physics capabilities and to reduce its memory footprint. Physics improvements include extensions in applicable energy range and incident particle types, and improved hadron-nucleon cross sections and angular distributions. Interfaces have also been developed which allow the model to be coupled with other Geant4 models at lower and higher energies. The inevitable speed reductions due to enhanced physics have been mitigated by memory and CPU efficiency improvements. Details of these improvements, along with selected comparisons of the model to data, are discussed.

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Research Organization:: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515; FG02-099ER41110; ACOZ-76CH00016; AC03-76SF00515

OSTI ID:: 1229556

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1247207

Journal Information:: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 804, Issue C; ISSN 0168-9002

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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