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Hadron generation in the Geant4 simulation tool kit is compared with inclusive spectra of secondary protons and pions from the interactions with beryllium nuclei of +8.9 GeV/c protons and pions, and of −8.0 GeV/c pions. The data were taken in 2002 at the CERN Proton Synchrotron with the HARP spectrometer. We report on significant disagreements between data and Monte Carlo simulation especially in the polar-angle distributions of secondary protons and pions.
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Bolshakova, A., Boyko, I., Chelkov, G. et al. Comparison of Geant4 hadron generation with data from the interactions with beryllium nuclei of +8.9 GeV/c protons and pions and −8.0 GeV/c pions. Eur. Phys. J. C 56, 323–332 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-008-0679-2
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