Locust: C++ software for simulation of RF detection

• Main Authors: Project 8 Collaboration, Esfahani, A. Ashtari, Böser, S, Buzinsky, N, Cervantes, R, Claessens, C, de Viveiros, L, Fertl, M, Formaggio, J. A, Gladstone, L, Guigue, M, Heeger, K. M, Johnston, J, Jones, A. M, Kazkaz, K, LaRoque, B. H, Lindman, A, Machado, E, Monreal, B, Morrison, E. C, Nikkel, J. A, Novitski, E, Oblath, N. S, Pettus, W, Robertson, R. G. H, Rybka, G, Saldaña, L, Sibille, V, Schram, M, Slocum, P. L, Sun, Y. -H, Tedeschi, J. R, Thümmler, T, VanDevender, B. A, Wachtendonk, M, Walter, M, Weiss, T. E, Wendler, T, Zayas, E
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 19-12-2019
• Subjects: Physics - Computational Physics; Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
• DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.1907.11124

New J. Phys. 21, 113051 (2019) The Locust simulation package is a new C++ software tool developed to
simulate the measurement of time-varying electromagnetic fields using RF
detection techniques. Modularity and flexibility allow for arbitrary input
signals, while concurrently supporting tight integration with physics-based
simulations as input. External signals driven by the Kassiopeia particle
tracking package are discussed, demonstrating conditional feedback between
Locust and Kassiopeia during software execution. An application of the
simulation to the Project 8 experiment is described. Locust is publicly
available at https://github.com/project8/locust_mc.