https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201611602003
CORSIKA modifications for faster background generation
University of Wisconsin Physics Department, 1150 University Ave, Madison, WI 53706, USA
a e-mail: kjero@icecube.wisc.edu
Published online: 11 April 2016
CORSIKA is a simulation program for extensive air showers initiated by high energy cosmic particles. These air showers create the majority of the muons and neutrinos which neutrino that telescopes detect and are considered a background signature in searches for astrophysical neutrinos. This contribution will discuss changes to CORSIKA which allow for faster high energy background simulation. The theory, implementation, application, and performance of these modifications will be presented.
© Owned by the authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2016
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
