2010/12/03 by Maria Grazia Pia, Pia, Maria Grazia, Matej Batič +11
Physics and Astronomy · #Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex) #High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) #Neutrino Physics Research #Nuclear physics research studies #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #hep-ex #hep-ph #physics.comp-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1012.0665
5 pages, to appear in proceedings of the Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference 2010, Knoxville
openalex publication_date 2010/12/03 · arxiv created 2010/12/15 · arxiv updated 2010/12/16 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The issue of how epistemic uncertainties affect the outcome of Monte Carlo simulation is discussed by means of a concrete use case: the simulation of the longitudinal energy deposition profile of low energy protons. A variety of electromagnetic and hadronic physics models is investigated, and their effects are analyzed. Possible systematic effects are highlighted. The results identify requirements for experimental measurements capable of reducing epistemic uncertainties in the simulation.