https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202024502008
Using multiple engines in the Virtual Monte Carlo package
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Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg, Germany
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European Organization of Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, 91405 Orsay, France
* e-mail: benedikt.volkel@cern.ch
Published online: 16 November 2020
The Virtual Monte Carlo (VMC) package provides a unified interface to different detector simulation transport engines such as GEANT3 and GEANT4. It has been in production use in various experiments but so far the simulation of one event was restricted to the usage of a single chosen engine. We introduce here the possibility to mix multiple engines within the simulation of a single event. Depending on user conditions the simulation is partitioned among the chosen engines, for instance to profit from each of their advantages or specific capabilities. Such conditions can depend on phase space, geometry, particle type or an arbitrary combination.
As a main achievement, this development allows for the implementation of fast simulation kernels at the VMC level which can be used stand-alone or together with full simulation engines. This capability is crucial to cope with largely increasing data expected in future LHC runs.
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