Monte Carlo simulations of the radiation environment for the CMS experiment

• DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2015.11.044
• Publication Date: 2015-11-23T17:09:06Z
• Authors: S. Mallows; I. Azhgirey; I. Bayshev; I. Bergstrom; T. Cooijmans; A. Dabrowski; L. Glöggler; M. Guthoff; I. Kurochkin; H. Vincke; S. Tajeda
• Keywords: Radiation transport; Instrumentation; radiation damage

Abstract Monte Carlo radiation transport codes are used by the CMS Beam Radiation Instrumentation and Luminosity (BRIL) project to estimate the radiation levels due to proton–proton collisions and machine induced background. Results are used by the CMS collaboration for various applications: comparison with detector hit rates, pile-up studies, predictions of radiation damage based on various models (Dose, NIEL, DPA), shielding design, estimations of residual dose environment. Simulation parameters, and the maintenance of the input files are summarized, and key results are presented. Furthermore, an overview of additional programs developed by the BRIL project to meet the specific needs of CMS community is given.