Get an overview over the various steps of Monte Carlo event generation and example applications.
Introduction to simulation
Course overview
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Simulation steps
- Overview over simulations
- Event generation
- Light generation
- Calibration and detector response
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Software and development
- Simulation software
- Working on simulation
- Mass production workflow
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Example simulation
- Starting a simulation
- Changing configuration
- Running a simulation
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Going through simulation output
- Simulation event generation output
- On nomenclature
- Full simulation output
- Running checks on simulation output
- How to work on productions
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Addendum
- Calculating event weights
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Material & Links