FLUKA simulations for ATLAS

These pages summarise radiation background simulations performed by Ian Dawson (University of Sheffield)
for the ATLAS experiment using the FLUKA particle transport program.

SLHC

• Tracker upgrade studies for the SLHC

General Atlas

• Radiation Background Taskforce
• Results from av16 FLUKA simulations
• The Radiation Estimators
• Comparisons of particle transport codes
• Comparison of minimum-bias event generators
• FLUKA2000 and neutral kaon transport
• Fluence, dose, damage and counting rates
• NSREC
• Effect of beam-line on ATLAS backgrounds
• Shielding studies
• Particle rates in the MDT chambers
• Currents versus fluences?
• Effect of chamber material on electron backgrounds
• A comparison of FLUKA predictions with G3-CALOR

Related talks and notes

• Predicting the Radiation Environment at High-Luminosity Hadron-Collider Experiments
, Preprint, 2002
• Comparison of predictions of minimum bias event generators
, ATLAS note, 2002
• Estimating induced-activation of SCT barrel modules
, ATLAS note, 2002
• Results with FLUKA2000 and a GCALOR comparison study
, ATLAS Overview Week, BNL 2001
• Background rates in the muon spectrometer
, ATLAS Muon Week, Gaeta, 2001
• Radiation levels and shielding in ATLAS
, ATLAS Plenary Week, Dubna 2000
• Review of the radiation environment in the inner detector
, ATLAS note, 2000
• Radiation background studies at an LHC experiment
, INSTR99 Conference, Hamamatsu 1999

Other useful links

• Radiation taskforce
• Shielding optimisation studies with GCALOR
• Radiation flux maps from GCALOR