Physics
Scientific paper
Jun 2001
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2001aph....15..241s&link_type=abstract
Astroparticle Physics, Volume 15, Issue 3, p. 241-257.
Physics
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Scientific paper
We have developed a Monte Carlo program to simulate the extensive air showers (EASs) in short computing time and to study the chemical composition of cosmic rays at the knee region. This code is particularly applied to the /Čerenkov experiment that measures the time structure of /Čerenkov light from the EAS. There are many EAS programs available for public use. However, they are not adequate for simulating large number of air shower, since they deal with the very complex interaction algorithm and consume a lot of time. Therefore much faster program should be developed adequately for our purpose. In this report, we discuss the interaction model used in our Monte Carlo code and make a comparison with the accelerator data and the widely used Monte Carlo code, CORSIKA. In addition, we propose a parameterization method that describes the fluctuation of air shower development. Using this method, we can calculate air shower development 106 times faster than the CORSIKA simulation code.
Kakimoto Fumio
Shirasaki Yuji
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