What is new in NuRadioMC: Multilayer Analytic Raytracer
Abstract
NuRadioMC is a framework for the simulation of ultra-high-energy neutrino detectors that measure the radio signal emitted in neutrino-induced particle cascades used in different radio neutrino experiments. We present an extension to the analytic raytracing method for multilayered exponential refractive index models, where the full refractive index profile is described by a set of different single-exponential layers, supporting realistic medium descriptions at various experiment sites while maintaining computational efficiency. This approach also enables a realistic exponential refractive index description of the atmosphere and allows us to model signal propagation over non-smooth changes in the refractive index. This report outlines the fundamentals of the multilayered analytic raytracing method and shows some applied examples.
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BibTeX
@misc{warnhofer2026what,
title = {{What is new in NuRadioMC: Multilayer Analytic Raytracer}},
author = {Hannes Warnhofer and Sjoerd Bouma and Vital De Henau and Bryan Hendricks and Jakob Henrichs and Nils Heyer and Enrique Huesca Santiago and Annanay Jaitly and Philipp Laub and Anna Nelles and Martin Ravn and Felix Schlüter and Zeynep Su Selcuk and Karen Terveer and Christian Glaser and Christoph Welling and Philipp Windischhofer},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = sep,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2609.05240},
eprint = {2609.05240},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.05240},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - What is new in NuRadioMC: Multilayer Analytic Raytracer
AU - Hannes Warnhofer
AU - Sjoerd Bouma
AU - Vital De Henau
AU - Bryan Hendricks
AU - Jakob Henrichs
AU - Nils Heyer
AU - Enrique Huesca Santiago
AU - Annanay Jaitly
AU - Philipp Laub
AU - Anna Nelles
AU - Martin Ravn
AU - Felix Schlüter
AU - Zeynep Su Selcuk
AU - Karen Terveer
AU - Christian Glaser
AU - Christoph Welling
AU - Philipp Windischhofer
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/09/04
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2609.05240
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.05240
AB - NuRadioMC is a framework for the simulation of ultra-high-energy neutrino detectors that measure the radio signal emitted in neutrino-induced particle cascades used in different radio neutrino experiments. We present an extension to the analytic raytracing method for multilayered exponential refractive index models, where the full refractive index profile is described by a set of different single-exponential layers, supporting realistic medium descriptions at various experiment sites while maintaining computational efficiency. This approach also enables a realistic exponential refractive index description of the atmosphere and allows us to model signal propagation over non-smooth changes in the refractive index. This report outlines the fundamentals of the multilayered analytic raytracing method and shows some applied examples.
ER -