The LHCb simulation application, gauss: Design, evolution and experience

Journal of Physics: Conference Series

Volumn 331, Issue PART 3, 2011, Pages

  Clemencic, M ^a   Corti, G ^a   Easo, S ^b   Jones, R ^c   Miglioranzi, S ^a   Pappagallo, M ^d   Robbe, P ^a,e  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

^b RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION;

BACKGROUND MODEL; CONDITIONS DATABASE; DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATIONS; EVENT MODEL; FULL SIMULATIONS; PARTICLE GUN; PARTICLE TRANSPORT; SIMULATION APPLICATIONS;

HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS;

EID: 84863229926     PISSN: 17426588     EISSN: 17426596     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/331/3/032023     Document Type: Conference Paper

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