Title :
Improved description of Bremsstrahlung for high-energy electrons in Geant4
Author :
Schälicke, Andreas ; Ivanchenko, Vladimir ; Maire, Michel ; Urban, Laszlo
Author_Institution :
DESY, 15738 Zeuthen, Germany
Abstract :
Geant4 [1] provides a software toolkit for the simulation of particles through matter. It has wide range of applicability, ranging from high-energy particle physics to space science. The physics description of Geant4 is in a constant process of improvement and validation. In this work a new relativistic Bremsstrahlung model is introduced. The key feature is a consistent description of matter effects, esp. the Landau-Pomeranchuk-Migdal (LPM) effect. The LPM effect will be of paramount importance for experiments at modern high-energy colliders, esp. the LHC, as well as in astroparticle physics applications.
Keywords :
Electromagnetic scattering; Electrons; Electrostatic precipitators; Energy loss; Large Hadron Collider; Modems; Nuclear and plasma sciences; Particle scattering; Physics; Software tools; Bremsstrahlung; electromagnetic interactions; particle interactions; physics validation; simulation;
Conference_Titel :
Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2008. NSS '08. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Dresden, Germany
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2714-7
Electronic_ISBN :
1095-7863
DOI :
10.1109/NSSMIC.2008.4774950