Upgrading the Fast Calorimeter Simulation in ATLAS

Schaarschmidt, J.

doi:10.1088/1742-6596/1085/3/032018

Title: Upgrading the Fast Calorimeter Simulation in ATLAS

Abstract

The tremendous need for simulated samples now and even more so in the future, encourages the development of fast simulation techniques. The Fast Calorimeter Simulation is a faster though less accurate alternative to the full calorimeter simulation with GEANT4. It is based on parametrizing the longitudunal and lateral energy deposits of single particles in the ATLAS calorimeter. Principal component analysis and machine learning techniques are used to improve the performance and decrease the memory need compared to the current version of the ATLAS Fast Calorimeter Simulation. The parametrizations are expanded to cover very high energies and very forward detector regions, to increase the applicability of the tool. A prototype of this upgraded Fast Calorimeter Simulation has been developed and first validations with single particles show substantial improvements over the previous version.

Authors:: Schaarschmidt, J.

Publication Date:: Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2018

Research Org.:: Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Contributing Org.:: ATLAS collaboration

OSTI Identifier:: 1544173

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Journal of Physics. Conference Series

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 1085; Journal ID: ISSN 1742-6588

Publisher:: IOP Publishing

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS

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                    Schaarschmidt, J. Upgrading the Fast Calorimeter Simulation in ATLAS.  United States: N. p., 2018. 
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                    Schaarschmidt, J. Sat .  
"Upgrading the Fast Calorimeter Simulation in ATLAS".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/1085/3/032018.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1544173.

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  title        = {Upgrading the Fast Calorimeter Simulation in ATLAS},

  author       = {Schaarschmidt, J.},

  abstractNote = {The tremendous need for simulated samples now and even more so in the future, encourages the development of fast simulation techniques. The Fast Calorimeter Simulation is a faster though less accurate alternative to the full calorimeter simulation with GEANT4. It is based on parametrizing the longitudunal and lateral energy deposits of single particles in the ATLAS calorimeter. Principal component analysis and machine learning techniques are used to improve the performance and decrease the memory need compared to the current version of the ATLAS Fast Calorimeter Simulation. The parametrizations are expanded to cover very high energies and very forward detector regions, to increase the applicability of the tool. A prototype of this upgraded Fast Calorimeter Simulation has been developed and first validations with single particles show substantial improvements over the previous version.},

  doi          = {10.1088/1742-6596/1085/3/032018},

  journal      = {Journal of Physics. Conference Series},

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  volume       = 1085,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2018},

  month        = {Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2018}

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