Speaker
Lawrence S. Pinsky
(University of Houston)
Description
The FLUKA Monte Carlo transport code is a well-known simulation tool in High Energy
Physics. FLUKA is a dynamic tool in the sense that it is being continually updated
and improved by the authors. We review the progress achieved since the last CHEP
Conference on the physics models, and some recent applications. From the point of
view of hadronic physics, most of the effort is still in the field of
nucleus--nucleus interactions with special emphasis on energies near threshold below
100 MeV/A. The currently available version of FLUKA already includes the internal
capability to simulate inelastic nuclear interactions beginning with lab kinetic
energies of 100 MeV/A up the highest accessible energies by means of the DPMJET-3
event generator to handle the interactions for >5 GeV/A and RQMD for energies below
that down to ~100 MeV/A. The new developments concern, at high energy, the embedding
of the DPMJET-III generator, which represent a major change with respect to the
DPMJET-II structure. This will also allow the code to achieve a better consistency
between the nucleus-nucleus section with the original FLUKA model for hadron-nucleus
collisions. Work is also in progress to implement a third event generator model
based on the Master Boltzmann Equation approach, in order to extend the energy
capability from 100 MeV/A down to the threshold for these reactions. In addition to
these extended physics capabilities, structural changes to the programs input and
scoring capabilities are continually being upgraded. In particular we want to mention
the upgrades in the geometry packages, now capable to reaching higher levels of
abstraction. Work is also proceeding to provide direct import into ROOT of the FLUKA
output files for analysis and to deploy a user-friendly GUI input interface. On the
application front, FLUKA has been used to extensively evaluate the potential space
radiation effects on astronauts for future deep space missions as well as being
adapted for use in the simulation of events in the ALICE detector at the LHC.
Primary author
Lawrence S. Pinsky
(University of Houston)
Co-authors
A. Empl
(University of Houston)
A. Fass‘o
(SLAC)
A. Ferrari
(CERN)
A. Mariani
(University of Pavia and INFN)
A. Mostacci
(Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, INFN)
A. Ottolenghi
(University of Pavia and INFN)
D. Scannicchio
(University of Pavia and INFN)
E. Gardioli
(University of Milan and INFN)
F. Ballarini
(University of Pavia and INFN)
F. Cerutti
(University of Milan and INFN)
G. Battistoni
(University of Milan and INFN)
J. Ranft
(iegen University)
L. Mantz
(University of Milan and INFN)
M. Campanella
(University of Milan and INFN)
M. Carboni
(Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, INFN)
M. Liotta
(University of Pavia and INFN)
M. Pelliccioni
(Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, INFN)
M. V. Garzelli
(University of Milan and INFN)
N. Zapp
(University of Houston)
P. R. Sala
(University of Milan and INFN)
R. Villari
(Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, INFN)
S. Murano
(University of Milan and INFN)
S. Roesler
(CERN)
S. Trovati
(University of Pavia and INFN)
T. Wilson
(NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston)
V. Vlachoudis
(CERN)
