| Report number | CERN-SHiP-NOTE-2019-005 |
| Title | FLUKA-Geant4 comparison for the muon flux experiment in the H4 beamline |
| Author(s) | Ahdida, Claudia Christina (CERN) ; Casolino, Mirkoantonio (The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST) (ES)) ; Dijkstra, Hans (CERN) ; Froeschl, Robert (CERN) ; Van Herwijnen, Eric (CERN) ; Ruf, Thomas (CERN) |
| Publication | 2019 |
| Collaboration | SHiP Collaboration |
| Imprint | 2019-12-19 |
| Subject category | Accelerators and Storage Rings |
| Accelerator/Facility, Experiment | CERN SPS ; SHiP NA67 |
| Keywords | FLUKA ; Geant4 ; Pythia ; SHiP ; muon flux ; SPS ; H4 |
| Abstract | The FLUKA - Geant4 comparison for the the muon flux experiment is reported. The experiment was performed in 2018 on the H4 400 GeV/c proton beamline to measure the muon flux emanating from a SHiP replica target. Good agreement between the two Monte Carlo simulations was found, in the low momentum and low transverse momentum range the agreement is at the level of 20%, while in the tails the disagreement is at maximum of a factor ∼3. These results suggest to reduce the safety factor for future BDF/SHiP facility radiation calculations from 5 (old recommended value) to 3 (new value). |
| Submitted by | eric.van.herwijnen@cern.ch |
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