@article{d447e99550394faa9b9ff854027b18ec,
title = "The ATLAS Simulation Infrastructure",
abstract = "The simulation software for the ATLAS Experiment at the Large Hadron Collider is being used for large-scale production of events on the LHC Computing Grid. This simulation requires many components, from the generators that simulate particle collisions, through packages simulating the response of the various detectors and triggers. All of these components come together under the ATLAS simulation infrastructure. In this paper, that infrastructure is discussed, including that supporting the detector description, interfacing the event generation, and combining the GEANT4 simulation of the response of the individual detectors. Also described are the tools allowing the software validation, performance testing, and the validation of the simulated output against known physics processes.",
author = "{The ATLAS collaboration} and G. Aad and B. Abbott and J. Abdallah and Abdelalim, {A. A.} and A. Abdesselam and O. Abdinov and B. Abi and M. Abolins and H. Abramowicz and H. Abreu and Acharya, {B. S.} and Adams, {D. L.} and Addy, {T. N.} and J. Adelman and C. Adorisio and P. Adragna and T. Adye and S. Aefsky and Aguilar-Saavedra, {J. A.} and M. Aharrouche and Ahlen, {S. P.} and F. Ahles and A. Ahmad and H. Ahmed and M. Ahsan and G. Aielli and T. Akdogan and {\AA}kesson, {T. P.A.} and G. Akimoto and Akimov, {A. V.} and A. Aktas and Alam, {M. S.} and Alam, {M. A.} and S. Albrand and M. Aleksa and Aleksandrov, {I. N.} and C. Alexa and G. Alexander and G. Alexandre and T. Alexopoulos and M. Alhroob and M. Aliev and G. Alimonti and J. Alison and M. Aliyev and Allport, {P. P.} and Allwood-Spiers, {S. E.} and J. Almond and A. Aloisio and Lee, {J. S.H.}",
year = "2010",
month = jan,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1140/epjc/s10052-010-1429-9",
language = "English",
volume = "70",
pages = "823--874",
journal = "European Physical Journal C",
issn = "1434-6044",
publisher = "Springer Nature",
number = "3",
}