GLAST large area telescope simulation tools

Baldini, L.; Bastieri, D.; Boinee, P.; Brigida, M.; Cabras, G.; Cecchi, C.; Cohen-Tanugi, J.; De Angelis, A.; Favretto, D.; Fiorucci, M.; Frailis, M.; Gargano, F.; Giannitrapani, R.; Giglietto, N.; Kuss, M.; Latronico, L.; Lionetto, A.; Longo, F.; Loparco, F.; Lubrano, P.; Marcucci, F.; Mazziotta, M. N.; Milotti, E.; Morselli, A.; Omodei, N.; Pepe, M.; Rando, R.; Razzano, M.; Spandre, G.; Tosti, G.

doi:10.1109/nssmic.2003.1352169

This paper presents the simulation of the GLAST high energy gamma-ray telescope. The simulation package, written in C++, is based on the Geant4 toolkit, and it is integrated into a general framework used to process events. A detailed simulation of the electronic signals inside Silicon detectors has been provided and it is used for the particle tracking, which is handled by a dedicated software. A unique repository for the geometrical description of the detector has been realized using the XML language and a C++ library to access this information has been designed and implemented. A new event display based on the HepRep protocol is being implemented. The GLAST satellite parameters derived from the simulation are used in a fast simulator to obtain a "snapshot" of the gamma-ray sky. This paper outlines the contribution developed by the Italian GLAST software group.

GLAST large area telescope simulation tools / Baldini, L., Bastieri, D., Boinee, P., Brigida, M., Cabras, G., Cecchi, C., Cohen-Tanugi, J., De Angelis, A., Favretto, D., Fiorucci, M., Frailis, M., Gargano, F., Giannitrapani, R., Giglietto, N., Kuss, M., Latronico, L., Lionetto, A., Longo, F., Loparco, F., Lubrano, P., et al.. - STAMPA. - 3:(2003), pp. 1535-1539. (2003 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record - Nuclear Science Symposium, Medical Imaging Conference Portland, OR, usa 2003) [10.1109/nssmic.2003.1352169].