Air showers and hadronic interactions with CORSIKA 8
arXiv:2210.07797 · doi:10.21468/SciPostPhysProc.15.019
Abstract
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 lineage" 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 is currently being integrated into CORSIKA 8.
arXiv commentProceedings of ISMD 2022, to be submitted to SciPost Phys. Proc
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