Corsika+Herwig Monte Carlo Simulation of Neutrino Induced Atmospheric Air Showers

TL;DR

This paper discusses the development of an enhanced Monte Carlo simulation combining CORSIKA and HERWIG to accurately model neutrino-induced atmospheric air showers for high-energy neutrino astronomy.

Contribution

It introduces a novel approach integrating HERWIG with CORSIKA to simulate neutrino interactions as primary particles in air shower modeling.

Findings

Preliminary results demonstrate successful simulation of neutrino interactions.

The combined CORSIKA-HERWIG framework improves air shower modeling accuracy.

This method aids in analyzing data from neutrino detection experiments.

Abstract

High-energy neutrino astronomy represents an open window both on astrophysical mechanisms of particle acceleration and on fundamental interactions. The possibility of detecting them in large earth-based apparatus, like AUGER, AMANDA, ANTARES, is quite challenging. In view of this, the capability of generating reliable simulations of air showers induced by neutrinos is mandatory in the analysis of experimental data. In this paper we describe preliminary results towards the development of a new version of the Monte Carlo CORSIKA, capable of handling neutrinos too as primary particles. In our approach the first interaction of the primary neutrino is simulated in CORSIKA with a call to the HERWIG event generator.