Published June 2011 | Version v1
Journal article

The ATLAS Detector Simulation

Creators

  • 1. University of Edinburgh, School of Physics and Astronomy, James Clerk Maxwell Building, The Kings Buildings, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JZ (United Kingdom)

Description

We present the simulation software for the ATLAS experiment [G. Aad et al., The ATLAS Experiment at the CERN Large Hadron Collider, JINST 3 (2008), S08003] at the Large Hadron Collider [L. Evans and P. Bryant, LHC Machine, JINST 3 (2008), S08001]. The overall infrastructure and some selected features are discussed. In particular, the detector description, the interface to Geant4, event generator support, magnetic field integration improvements, pile-up and digitisation of overlapping events and fast simulation. Also described are performance studies, large scale production and the validation of the simulated output against recent data.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2011.03.142

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2011.03.142;
PII
S0920-5632(11)00212-X;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Physics. B, Proceedings Supplements
Journal Volume
215
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 85-88
ISSN
0920-5632
CODEN
NPBSE7

Conference

Title
12. topical seminar on innovative particle and radiation detectors
Acronym
IDRD10
Dates
7-10 Jun 2010
Place
Siena (Italy)

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
43069878
Subject category
S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; S97: MATHEMATICAL METHODS AND COMPUTING;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
CERN LHC; COMPUTER CODES; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; INTERFACES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PERFORMANCE; VALIDATION
Descriptors DEC
ACCELERATORS; CYCLIC ACCELERATORS; SIMULATION; STORAGE RINGS; SYNCHROTRONS; TESTING

Optional Information

Copyright
Copyright (c) 2011 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.