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Given the complexity of the background processes described above, a highly versatile, fast and precise simulation code is required. Kassiopeia is the primary simulation package for the KATRIN experiment fulfilling all these requirements. It is written in C++, and comprised of specific modules for the creation, trajectory calculation in electro-magnetic fields and detection of particles in Si-based detectors.
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Mertens, S. (2014). Monte Carlo Simulation Package. In: Background Processes in the Electrostatic Spectrometers of the KATRIN Experiment. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01177-6_4
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