Speaker
Description
Baikal-GVD is a deep water neutrino telescope deployed in Lake Baikal with the main goal to establish the origin of the high and ultra-high energy neutrino. It detects neutrino interactions via Cherenkov light produced by their secondaries. Statistical analysis of the detector signal requires detailed simulation of the neutrino propagation through the Earth, their interaction in water, propagation of secondaries and background particles, Cherenkov light generation and transport and, finally, the response of the detector. Tracking particles from PeV energies down to Cherenkov light threshold and ray-tracing enormous number of photons poses a challenge and requires to search for novel modeling approaches. A new software framework, unifying a number of packages for different stages of simulation is designed and is being developed. The talk will cover the general concepts of the framework, novel approaches and some functionalities.
