https://github.com/temken/damascus
Dark Matter Simulation Code for Underground Scatterings
https://github.com/temken/damascus
astroparticle-physics dark-matter directdetection montecarlo-simulation particle-physics trajectory-simulator
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Dark Matter Simulation Code for Underground Scatterings
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/temken/damascus
- Owner: temken
- License: mit
- Created: 2017-06-06T10:16:31.000Z (almost 8 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2022-04-12T08:27:21.000Z (about 3 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2023-08-03T15:59:51.451Z (almost 2 years ago)
- Topics: astroparticle-physics, dark-matter, directdetection, montecarlo-simulation, particle-physics, trajectory-simulator
- Language: C++
- Homepage: http://damascus.readthedocs.io
- Size: 28.1 MB
- Stars: 6
- Watchers: 6
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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# DaMaSCUS
Dark Matter Simulation Code for Underground Scatterings
[](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3726878)
[](https://arxiv.org/abs/1706.02249)
DaMaSCUS Version 1.1 25/03/2020
## GENERAL NOTES
For the underlying physics we refer to the paper [](https://arxiv.org/abs/1706.02249).
- DaMaSCUS is a MC simulator of dark matter particles as they move through the Earth and scatter on terrestrial nuclei.
- It allows to compute the local distortions of the DM phase space caused by collisions with nuclei.
- The thusly distorted distribution functions and densities are used to give precise estimates of time-dependent signal rates for direct detection experiments and diurnal modulations.
- A full, realistic model of the Earth is implemented as well as the Earth's time-dependent velocity and orientation in the galactic frame.
- DaMaSCUS is written in C++ and fully parallelized (openMPI).
## INSTALLATION AND USAGE
For installation and usage we refer to the [documentation](http://damascus.readthedocs.io/en/latest/).
## Updates
The code will be updated continuously. Here I list only important updates and major bug fixes
- `25.03.2020`: Release of v1.1
- `16.08.2017`: Release of v1.0.2: Re-structuring of the folder structure and new documentation.
- `15.06.2017`: Release of v1.0.1: major bug fix concerning mostly very high cross-sections.
- `06.06.2017`: Release of v1.0
## CITING DaMaSCUS
If you decide to use this code, please cite
>Emken, T. & Kouvaris, C., 2017, DaMaSCUS, Astrophysics Source Code Library, record [[ascl:1706.003]](https://ascl.net/1706.003)
as well as the original publication,
>Emken, T. & Kouvaris, C., DaMaSCUS: The Impact of Underground Scatterings on Direct Detection of Light Dark Matter,
[no.10,031-255773.svg)](http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1475-7516/2017/10/031/meta),
[](https://arxiv.org/abs/1706.02249)
In addition, version 1.1 of the code is archived under
> [](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3726878)
## AUTHORS & CONTACT
The authors of DaMaSCUS are Timon Emken and Chris Kouvaris.
For questions, bug reports or other suggestions please contact Timon Emken ([email protected]).
## LICENSE
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file.