Frontiers in Physics (Jun 2022)

Detector Simulation Challenges for Future Accelerator Experiments

  • John Apostolakis,
  • Marilena Bandieramonte,
  • Sunanda Banerjee,
  • Nazar Bartosik,
  • Gloria Corti,
  • Gabriele Cosmo,
  • V. Daniel Elvira,
  • Thomas Evans,
  • Andrei Gheata,
  • Simone Pagan Griso,
  • Vladimir Ivantchenko,
  • Christopher Jones,
  • Markus Klute,
  • Charles Leggett,
  • Ben Morgan,
  • Tadej Novak,
  • Kevin Pedro,
  • Harald Paganetti

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fphy.2022.913510
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10

Abstract

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Detector simulation is a key component for studies on prospective future high-energy colliders, the design, optimization, testing and operation of particle physics experiments, and the analysis of the data collected to perform physics measurements. This review starts from the current state of the art technology applied to detector simulation in high-energy physics and elaborates on the evolution of software tools developed to address the challenges posed by future accelerator programs beyond the HL-LHC era, into the 2030–2050 period. New accelerator, detector, and computing technologies set the stage for an exercise in how detector simulation will serve the needs of the high-energy physics programs of the mid 21st century, and its potential impact on other research domains.

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