A software toolkit to simulate activation background for high energy detectors onboard satellites

TL;DR

This paper introduces a versatile software toolkit that efficiently simulates activation background for high energy satellite detectors, enabling faster and more precise background estimations adaptable to various missions.

Contribution

The toolkit combines Monte Carlo and analytical methods, significantly improving speed and accuracy over traditional simulations, and allows easy customization for different satellite models.

Findings

Faster simulation of activation backgrounds by two orders of magnitude.

Accurate quantification of proton-induced activation for HERMES CubeSat.

Framework's adaptability to various satellite missions.

Abstract

A software toolkit for the simulation of activation background for high energy detectors onboard satellites is presented on behalf of the HERMES-SP collaboration. The framework employs direct Monte Carlo and analytical calculations allowing computations two orders of magnitude faster and more precise than a direct Monte Carlo simulation. The framework was developed in a way that the model of the satellite can be replaced easily. Therefore the framework can be used for different satellite missions. As an example, the proton induced activation background of the HERMES CubeSat is quantified.