Abstract

Abstract A detailed study of hadronic interactions is presented using data recorded with the highly granular CALICE silicon-tungsten electromagnetic calorimeter. Approximately 350,000 selected π- events at energies between 2 and 10 GeV have been studied. The predictions of several physics models available within the GEANT4 simulation tool kit are compared to this data. A reasonable overall description of the data is observed; the Monte Carlo predictions are within 20% of the data, and for many observables much closer. The largest quantitative discrepancies are found in the longitudinal and transverse distributions of reconstructed energy.

Original languageEnglish
Article number57738
Pages (from-to)240-254
Number of pages15
JournalNuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume794
DOIs
StatePublished - 2015.07.22

Keywords

  • CALICE
  • Data and simulations
  • Electromagnetic silicon tungsten calorimeter
  • Hadronic showers
  • Highly granular detectors
  • Linear collider

Quacquarelli Symonds(QS) Subject Topics

  • Physics & Astronomy

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