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Comparison of Geant4 hadron generators with data: a critical appraisal

2008/10/08 by I. Boyko, Boyko, I.
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Computational Physics and Python Applications #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex) #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #hep-ex

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0810.1396

Proceedings of the 34th International Conference on High Energy Physics

arxiv created 2008/10/08 · openalex publication_date 2008/10/08 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

Hadron generation models are indispensable for the simulation and calibration of particle physics detectors. The models used by the Geant4 simulation tool kit are compared with inclusive spectra of secondary protons and pions from the interactions with beryllium nuclei of +8.9 GeV/c protons and pions, and of -8.0 GeV/c pions. We report on significant disagreements between data and model predictions especially in the polar-angle distributions of secondary protons and pions.

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