This code simulates an experimental setup that aims to measure the lifetime of the muon. This project was developed using C++ and CERN's ROOT Framework.
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Simulates the flux of muons crossing the detector
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Develop methods to estimate the energy loss of the particles crossing the materials, due to physical phenomena like Cerenkov radiation or Scintillation emission
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Simulate the propagation of the muon through the detector ( Scintillators and Water Tank)
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Create methods that simulate the creation and propagation of secondary particles produced by the interaction of the muon with matter
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Create a graphical user interface
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Make a scalable and modular simulator that can be easily integrable with other simulators, using the Classes framework of C++ and ROOT
LMCParticle - Deals with the definition of the properties of the propagated particle. Each element of the class is a particle.
LMCstep - Stores all the relevant data after a step is performed., such as energy losses or particles created. Each element is a step.
LMCGeomN - The experimental detector setup is defined on this class, by calling the different detector elements defined (LMCscintillator, LMCCerenkovTank)
LMCPropagator - Deals with the propagation of the particle. It must implement all the interactions with the detector geometry
LMCfunctor - Functions repository
LMCMaterials - Contains the materials to be used in the definition of the detector
LMCconstants - Class to store fundamental constants
LMCstack - Class that creates a stack to store the list of particles to be propagated and those created during propagation
LMCsimGui - Generates the Graphical user interface
Special thanks to F. Barao for making this work possible.