Published November 25, 2009 | Version v1
Journal article

Generator of neutrino-nucleon interactions for the FLUKA based simulation code

  • 1. INFN, Sezione di Milano, Via Celoria 16, 20133 Milan (Italy)
  • 2. CERN, CH-1211 GENEVE 23 (Switzerland)
  • 3. RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, Wako (Japan)
  • 4. JINR, Dubna (Russian Federation)

Description

An event generator of neutrino-nucleon and neutrino-nucleus interactions has been developed for the general purpose Monte Carlo code FLUKA. The generator includes options for simulating quasi-elastic interactions, the neutrino-induced resonance production and deep inelastic scattering. Moreover, it shares the hadronization routines developed earlier in the framework of the FLUKA package for simulating hadron-nucleon interactions. The simulation of neutrino-nuclear interactions makes use of the well developed PEANUT event generator implemented in FLUKA for modeling of the interactions between hadrons and nuclei. The generator has been tested in the neutrino energy range from 0 to 10 TeV and it is available in the standard FLUKA distribution. Limitations related to some particular kinematical conditions are discussed. A number of upgrades is foreseen for the generator which will optimize its applications for simulating experiments in the CNGS beam.

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
AIP Conference Proceedings
Journal Volume
1189
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 343-346
ISSN
0094-243X
CODEN
APCPCS

Conference

Title
6. international workshop on neutrino-nucleus interactions in few GeV region
Acronym
NUINT-09
Dates
18-22 May 2009
Place
Barcelona (Spain)

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Notes
(c) 2009 American Institute of Physics