1. Hadronic Work Plan 2009

2. 2 Outline list of high priority deliverables and tentative assignments list of other main tasks and assignments milestones and responsibles for 2009 milestones for 2010-2012

3. 3 High-priority Deliverables study and repair of problems which disrupt smooth simulated calorimeter energy response identify reasons for differences in shower shape lengths and widths between Geant4 simulation and test beam data from ATLAS, CMS complete validation suite for all energy regions regular validation of hadronic models against thin target and full-setup data

4. 4 Smooth Energy Response (1) main tasks: –study of distribution-matching between cascade and string models V. Uzhinsky M. Kossov G. Folger A. Ribon V. Ivantchenko D. Wright –review of internal cross sections in string and cascade models A. Heikkinen (Bertini) V. Grichine (string models)

5. 5 Smooth Energy Response (2) potential additional tasks (could evolve with time): –develop/test re-interaction of particles from string models (Binary cascade) G. Folger V. Uzhinsky –theoretical or parameterized method for smoothly turning off the Bertini cascade in the range 5 – 15 GeV D. Wright S. Banerjee

6. 6 Smooth Energy Response (3) required resources: –expertise in QGS, FTF, Bertini, Binary models –2.5 FTE-years: Required –1.0 distribution matching –0.5 cross section review Potential additional –0.5 re-interaction of particles –0.5 Bertini high energy cut-off

7. 7 Shower Composition and Shape (1) main tasks: –study and improve pion production, especially pi0 A. Ribon S. Banerjee D. Elvira J. Yarba D. Wright –improve diffraction in proton-nucleus collisions (both in QGS and FTF) V. Uzhinsky

8. 8 Shower Composition and Shape (2) potential additional tasks: –study neutron and charged particle capture (affects lateral shape) G. Folger T. Koi –develop alternative to replace LEP/Gheisha neutron transport model G. Folger T. Koi D. Wright –study and improve precompound and nuclear physics, especially for protons below 200 MeV J-M. Quesada A. Howard V. Ivantchenko T. Koi (GEM)

9. 9 Shower Composition and Shape (3) required resources: –expertise in low energy neutron propagation, precompound/evaporation models and nuclear physics –2.25 FTE-years: 0.50 pion production study 0.50 proton diffraction (especially QGS) 0.25 neutron/charged particle capture study 0.75 development of improved neutron capture and transport model 0.25 precompound/evaporation, nuclear physics study

10. 10 Completion of Hadronic Validation Suites (1) main tasks: –complete medium energy suite with metrics and automation J. Yarba S. Banerjee D. Elvira –high energy validation suite G. Folger M. Kossov help from FNAL ? –heavy ion validation and suite development T. Koi P. Cirrone, F. Romano, G. Cuttone –stopping particle ?

11. 11 Completion of Hadronic Validation Suites (2) required resources: –2.00 FTE-years: 0.50 medium energy suite completion (automation) 0.75 development of high energy suite 0.25 development of stopping particle suite 0.50 development of heavy ion validation suite

12. 12 Benchmarks main tasks: –IAEA spallation benchmarks V. Ivantchenko A. Ivantchenko help from J-M. Quesada, D. Wright –Hadronic Shower Simulation Workshop G. Folger, D. Wright, T. Koi, V. Ivantchenko, A. Ivantchenko –Cross-code comparisons with FLUKA for ion-ion F. Romano, G. Cuttone, P. Cirrone

13. 13 Regular Hadronic Validation (1) main tasks: –run all validation suites for each release V. Ivantchenko A. Ivantchenko J. Yarba T. Koi F. Romano P. Cirrone G. Folger

14. 14 Regular Hadronic Validation (2) required resources (continuing): –0.75 FTE: 0.15 test30, test35, test45 validations 0.15 medium energy validation 0.15 high energy validation 0.15 stopping particle validation 0.15 heavy ion validation

15. 15 Other Main Hadronic Tasks (1) New models –nucleus-nucleus collision models V. Uzhinsky (FTF) M. Kossov (CHIPS) V. Grichine (Glauber and elastic scattering implementation) P. Truscott (complete Glauber databases, complete DPMJET-3 interface –full release of QMD, improvements and testing T. Koi –alternative to high precision neutron model, based on ENDL T. Koi –improve and validate charge exchange process V. Ivantchenko, F. Jones –INCL/ABLA upgrades (INCL5, new interfaces) P. Kaitaniemi, A. Heikkinen, A. Boudard

16. 16 Other Main Hadronic Tasks (2) New models –RPG S. Banerjee, J. Yarba, D. Elvira, D. Wright –CHIPS refactoring and new applications M. Kossov help from FNAL?

17. 17 Other Main Hadronic Tasks (3) Testing –complete system tests D. Wright G. Folger –unit tests each person who is responsible for a model should develop tests (if not already completed) –energy/momentum developer tests D. Wright Documentation –model descriptions and validity ranges D. Wright and all model developers/maintainers

18. Hadronic Milestones and Responsibles for 2009 18

19. 19 Hadronics Milestones 2009 (1) Feb –complete IAEA spallation benchmarks (V.I, A.I., J-M. Q.) Mar –complete latest validation against changes in Bertini cascade (J.Y., S.B., V.I., A.R.) –INCL/ABLA physics list completed, validated (P.K.) May –complete study of cascade turn-off in Bertini (D.W., S.B., J.Y., D.E., A.R.) Jun –medium energy validation suite completed (J.Y., S.B., D.E.) –run automated validation for next release (J.Y., S.B., D.E.) –carbon ion projectiles allowed in INCL (P.K.)

20. 20 Hadronics Milestones 2009 (2) Aug –ion-ion validation suite completed (T.K., P.C., F.R., G.C.) –GEM model fixed and validated (T.K.) –hadronic code clean-up (V.I., D.W.) –study and implementation of code speed-up (Z**1/3, etc.) (V.I.) –review of natural isotope class (V.I., T.K.) Sep –implementation of developer tests for energy/momentum conservation in all hadronic models (D.W.) –upgrade of CHIPS C++ code quality (M.K., FNAL) –extension of CHIPs to nucleus-nucleus (M.K.) –validation of G4QMD (T.K.) –binary cascade internal cross section review completed (V.G.)

21. 21 Hadronics Milestones 2009 (3) Oct –completion of QGS model revision (V.U.) –complete Glauber databases for DPMJET II.5, extend to AT, AP > 56 (P.T.) –validation of ion-ion models against LNS-Catania data (up to 80 MeV/N (Catania group) Nov –Hadronic Shower Simulation Workshop benchmarks completed (G.F., V.I., A.R., D.W.) –ENDL-based model for high precision neutrons implemented –validate Glauber-type interactions for HE nucleus-nucleus (T.K.) –INCL5 features ported to translated code (P.K., A.H., A.B.)

22. 22 Hadronics Milestones 2009 (4) Dec –high energy validation suite completed (G.F., V.I., A.R.) –precompound model improvements completed (J-M.Q., A.H.) –QGS internal cross section review completed (V.G.) –INCL5 features ported to translated code (P.K., A.H., A.B.) –complete validation against FLUKA ion-ion interactions for thin target up to 500 MeV/N (Catania group)

23. Hadronic Milestones for 2010-2012 23

24. 24 Hadronics Milestones 2010-2012 (1) Jun 2010 –SATIF benchmarks completed –testing and validation of Propagate interface in Binary cascade –Bertini cascade turn-off implemented ** –regular benchmarking against MCNPX Dec 2010 –distribution matching study complete ** –pion production study complete ** –neutron/charged particle stopping study complete –proton diffraction implemented (QGS + FTF) ** Jun 2011 –stopping particle validation suite complete –RPG model complete

25. 25 Hadronics Milestones 2010-2012 (2) Dec 2011 –implementation of distribution matching algorithms ** –improved approximate neutron propagation and capture process –Hadron Shower Simulation Workshop benchmarks Jun 2012 –IAEA benchmarks –development freeze for documentation month Dec 2012 –very high energy (> TeV ) string model additions –low energy ( < 50 MeV/n) nucleus-nucleus models –SATIF benchmarks