@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ The main focus of this talk is the propagation of optical, i.e. flourescence and
### Simulations of cross media showers with CORSIKA 8
The Corsika 8 project aims to develop a versatile and modern framework for particle shower simulations that meets the new needs of experiments and addresses the caveats of existing codes. One of these is the ability to compute particle showers that pass through two or more different media, of varying density, in a single run within a single code. Corsika 8 overcomes this limitation by using a volume tree that specifies volume containment, allowing one to quickly query to which medium a point belongs. Thanks to this design we are able to construct very specific environments with different geometries and mediums. As an example, we demonstrate this new functionality by running air showers intersecting Antarctic ice. The results obtained from these runs are then validated with simulations of the well-established Corsika 7 and Geant 4 codes.
The CORSIKA 8 project aims to develop a versatile and modern framework for particle shower simulations that meets the new needs of experiments and addresses the caveats of existing codes. Of particular relevance is the ability to compute particle showers that pass through two or more different media, of varying density, in a single run within a single code. CORSIKA 8 achieves this flexibility by using a volume tree that specifies volume containment, allowing one to quickly query to which medium a point belongs. Thanks to this design we are able to construct very specific environments with different geometries and media. As an example, we demonstrate this new functionality by running particle showers penetrating from air into Antarctic ice and validating them with a combination of the well-established CORSIKA 7 and Geant 4 codes.
## Alexander Sandrock, Jean-Marco Alameddine, and Felix Riehn for the CORSIKA 8 collaboration
### Validation of Electromagnetic Showers in CORSIKA 8
