Muon simulation codes MUSIC and MUSUN for underground physics

• DOI: 10.1016/j.cpc.2008.10.013
• Publication Date: 2008-10-31T08:11:32Z
• Authors: V.A. Kudryavtsev
• Keywords: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex); 0103 physical sciences; FOS: Physical sciences; Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph); Physics - Computational Physics; 01 natural sciences; 7. Clean energy; High Energy Physics - Experiment

22 pages, 9 figures, 1 table, to be published in Computer Physics Communications<br/>The paper describes two Monte Carlo codes dedicated to muon simulations: MUSIC (MUon SImulation Code) and MUSUN (MUon Simulations UNderground). MUSIC is a package for muon transport through matter. It is particularly useful for propagating muons through large thickness of rock or water, for instance from the surface down to underground/underwater laboratory. MUSUN is designed to use the results of muon transport through rock/water to generate muons in or around underground laboratory taking into account their energy spectrum and angular distribution.<br/>