31 July 2022 to 5 August 2022
Europe/London timezone

Air showers and hadronic interactions with CORSIKA 8

4 Aug 2022, 16:40
20m
Talk Cosmic ray and astrophysics Cosmic-ray and astrophysics 1

Speaker

Maximilian Reininghaus (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT))

Description

The CORSIKA 8 project is a collaborative effort aiming to develop a versatile C++ framework for the simulation of extensive air showers, intended to eventually succeed the long-standing FORTRAN version. I present an overview of its current capabilities, focusing on aspects concerning the hadronic and muonic shower components. In particular, I demonstrate the “cascade history” feature and its application to quantify the importance of certain phase-space regions in hadronic interactions for muon production. Additionally, I show first results using Pythia 8.3, which as of late is usable as interaction model in cosmic-ray applications and has recently been integrated into CORSIKA 8.

Preferred track Cosmic Rays and Astrophysics
Subfield Astrophysics
Attending in-person? Yes

Primary author

Maximilian Reininghaus (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT))

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