Speaker
Description
The network of MRPC (Multi-gap Resistive Plate Chambers) telescopes of the Extreme Energy Events experiment (EEE) was designed to study very high energy cosmic rays mainly through the detection of secondary cosmic muons in the hadronic shower. To better understand and predict the behavior of such events, a GEANT4-based simulation framework that well reproduces the response of individual telescopes was built. Simulations are crucial to better understand the detectors performance in current set-up and how these are affected by surrounding materials into sites where are installed. This is the first step toward a full simulation framework that includes a realistic generation, now limited to muons, of secondary particles and propagation through the atmosphere of the shower produced by primary rays. This is obtained by integrating the single-muon generation, used to study the behavior of the single detectors, with the CORSIKA event generator program for a detailed simulation of extensive air showers initiated by high primaries. The current framework can be used to characterize and optimize the array of EEE telescopes, simulating not only the single detectors but also telescopes clusters, to study the sensitivity to extreme energy or rare events. CORSIKA and the extension of the simulation to clusters will allow to have a more realistic representation, compared to the current state, of the angular and energy distributions and of the events detected by the network of telescopes. In this contribution, the EEE simulation framework and future plans will be presented.
Keywords
cosmic rays, cosmic muons. MRPC, GEANT4, CORSIKA
| Subcategory | Experimental Methods & Instrumentation |
|---|---|
| Collaboration | other (fill field below) |
| other Collaboration | EEE Collaboration |
