Title :
Radiation physics simulator for space X-ray observatory Astro-E2
Author :
Ozaki, Masanobu ; Watanabe, Shin ; Terada, Yukikatsu ; Itoh, Takeshi ; Kitsunezuka, Masaki ; Ishisaki, Yoshitaka ; Takahashi, Tadayuki
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Space & Astronaut. Sci., Japan
Abstract :
We constructed a Monte-Carlo simulator framework for the radiation environment of Astro-E2, the Japanese 5th X-ray astronomy satellite. We used Geant4 as the simulator engine, and embedded it into the analysis framework derived from what has been used for other Astro-E2 software development. The entire architecture is designed to make the learning cost of the framework programming as low as possible for not only end users but developers, and we implemented some software mechanisms to register Geant4 components such as physics processes and geometry builder into the framework without using the Geant4´s run manager explicitly.
Keywords :
Monte Carlo methods; X-ray astronomy; artificial satellites; astronomical observatories; astronomy computing; radiation effects; Astro-E2 radiation environment; Astro-E2 software development; Geant4 components; Geant4 run manager; Monte-Carlo simulator framework; X-ray astronomy satellite; geometry builder; radiation physics simulator engine; space X-ray observatory; Analytical models; Astronomy; Computer architecture; Costs; Engines; Geometry; Observatories; Physics; Programming; Satellites;
Conference_Titel :
Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2004 IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8700-7
DOI :
10.1109/NSSMIC.2004.1462693