Kassiopeia: a modern, extensible C++ particle tracking package

Furse, Daniel; Groh, Stefan; Trost, Nikolaus; Babutzka, Martin; Barrett, John P.; Behrens, Jan; Buzinsky, Nicholas; Corona, Thomas; Enomoto, Sanshiro; Erhard, Moritz; Formaggio, Joseph A.; Glück, Ferenc; Harms, Fabian; Heizmann, Florian; Hilk, Daniel; Käfer, Wolfgang; Kleesiek, Marco; Leiber, Benjamin; Mertens, Susanne; Oblath, Noah S.; Renschler, Pascal; Schwarz, Johannes; Slocum, Penny L.; Wandkowsky, Nancy; Wierman, Kevin; Zacher, Michael

doi:10.1088/1367-2630/aa6950

Title: Kassiopeia: a modern, extensible C++ particle tracking package

Journal Article · Mon May 01 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · New Journal of Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/aa6950· OSTI ID:1437707

Furse, Daniel; Groh, Stefan; Trost, Nikolaus; Babutzka, Martin; Barrett, John P.; Behrens, Jan; Buzinsky, Nicholas; Corona, Thomas; Enomoto, Sanshiro; Erhard, Moritz;

; Glück, Ferenc; Harms, Fabian; Heizmann, Florian; Hilk, Daniel; Käfer, Wolfgang; Kleesiek, Marco; Leiber, Benjamin; Mertens, Susanne; Oblath, Noah S. more »

The KASSIOPEIA particle tracking framework is an object-oriented software package using modernC++ techniques, written originally to meet the needs of the KATRIN collaboration. KASSIOPEIA features a new algorithmic paradigm for particle tracking simulations which targets experiments containing complex geometries and electromagnetic fields, with high priority put on calculation efficiency, customizability, extensibility, and ease-of-use for novice programmers. To solve KASSIOPEIA's target physics problem the software is capable of simulating particle trajectories governed by arbitrarily complex differential equations of motion, continuous physics processes that may in part be modeled as terms perturbing that equation of motion, stochastic processes that occur in flight such as bulk scattering and decay, and stochastic surface processes occurring at interfaces, including transmission and reflection effects. This entire set of computations takes place against the backdrop of a rich geometry package which serves a variety of roles, including initialization of electromagnetic field simulations and the support of state-dependent algorithm-swapping and behavioral changes as a particle’s state evolves. Thanks to the very general approach taken by KASSIOPEIA it can be used by other experiments facing similar challenges when calculating particle trajectories in electromagnetic fields. It is publicly available at https://github.com/KATRIN-Experiment/Kassiopeia.

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Research Organization:: Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States); University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC (United States)

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

Grant/Contract Number:: FG02-06ER-41420; FG02-97ER41041; FG02-06ER41420

OSTI ID:: 1437707

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1393575; OSTI ID: 1395074

Journal Information:: New Journal of Physics, Journal Name: New Journal of Physics Vol. 19 Journal Issue: 5; ISSN 1367-2630

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Country of Publication:: United Kingdom

Language:: English

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