Air shower simulation using {sc geant4} and commodity parallel computing


Abstract in English

We present an evaluation of a simulated cosmic ray shower, based on {sc geant4} and {sc top-c}, which tracks all the particles in the shower. {sc top-c} (Task Oriented Parallel C) provides a framework for parallel algorithm development which makes tractable the problem of following each particle. This method is compared with a simulation program which employs the Hillas thinning algorithm.

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