# Locust: C++ software for simulation of RF detection

## TL;DR

Locust is a modular C++ software tool designed to simulate RF detection of time-varying electromagnetic fields, supporting integration with physics simulations and demonstrated through the Project 8 experiment.

## Contribution

It introduces a flexible, modular simulation package that integrates RF detection with physics-based models, including external signals from Kassiopeia.

## Key findings

- Supports arbitrary input signals
- Enables integration with physics simulations
- Applied successfully to Project 8 experiment

## Abstract

The Locust simulation package is a new C++ software tool developed to simulate the measurement of time-varying electromagnetic fields using RF detection techniques. Modularity and flexibility allow for arbitrary input signals, while concurrently supporting tight integration with physics-based simulations as input. External signals driven by the Kassiopeia particle tracking package are discussed, demonstrating conditional feedback between Locust and Kassiopeia during software execution. An application of the simulation to the Project 8 experiment is described. Locust is publicly available at https://github.com/project8/locust_mc.