Speaker
Description
CORSIKA 8 (C8) is a new framework for air shower simulations implemented
in modern C++17, based on past experience with existing codes like
CORSIKA 7. It is a project structured in a modular and flexible way that allows
the inclusion and development of independent modules that can produce a
fully customizable air shower simulation. The calculation of radio emission
from the simulated particle showers is incorporated as an integral module of
C8, including signal propagation and electric field calculation at each antenna
location using the “Endpoint” and ZHS formalisms simultaneously. Due to C8’s
flexibility, the radio functionality can be used both to validate other physics
modules and to investigate specific physical scenarios. In this work, we are
going to present air shower simulations generated with C8 and compare their
predicted radio emission with corresponding air showers simulated with
CORSIKA 7 and ZHAireS. The incorporation of both calculation formalisms in
the same code also allows detailed comparisons for the same underlying
shower, which we will discuss as well.
