The hadronic interaction model Sibyll-2.3c and inclusive lepton fluxes

TL;DR

This paper introduces Sibyll-2.3c, a hadronic interaction model optimized for simulating atmospheric air showers and calculating inclusive lepton fluxes, incorporating recent accelerator data including LHC results.

Contribution

It presents Sibyll-2.3c, a new version of the hadronic interaction model tailored for accurate atmospheric lepton flux predictions using extensive air shower simulations.

Findings

Sibyll-2.3c provides improved flux calculations consistent with recent accelerator data.

The model enhances the accuracy of atmospheric muon and neutrino flux predictions.

It demonstrates the capability to simulate both conventional and prompt leptons in air showers.

Abstract

Muons and neutrinos from cosmic ray interactions in the atmosphere originate from decays of mesons in air-showers. Sibyll-2.3c aims to give a precise description of hadronic interactions in the relevant phase space for conventional and prompt leptons in light of new accelerator data, including that from the LHC. Sibyll is designed primarily as an event generator for use in simulation of extensive air showers. Because it has been tuned for forward physics as well as the central region, it can also be used to calculate inclusive fluxes. The purpose of this paper is to describe the use of Sibyll-2.3c for calculation of fluxes of atmospheric leptons.