gammasimtools 0.27.0

Tools for the Simulation System of the CTA Observatory

simtools

simtools is a modular toolkit for managing simulation model parameters, configuring, running, and validating simulation productions for arrays of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes.

Documentation: simtools documentation

simtools is part of the SimPipe pipeline of the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory (CTAO).

Authors: see the CITATION.cff file.

Note simtools is under active development. Contact the developers before using it: [e-mail]

Features

• Simulation model libraries and management
• Database interfaces for simulation model parameters (see CTAO Simulation models)
• Tools for preparing, configuring, running, and validating simulation productions
• Applications for deriving and validating model parameters (see CTAO Model setting and validation workflows)
• Standardized interfaces and outputs independent of the simulation software (e.g., CORSIKA air shower simulations and sim_telarray telescope simulations)
• I/O and reporting tools for the simulation model and production database

Citing this Software

Please cite this software if it is used for a publication, see the Zenodo record and CITATION.cff.

Software Quality

Generative AI disclosure

Generative AI tools (including, but not limited to, Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini) were used to assist with code development, debugging, and documentation drafting. All AI-assisted outputs were reviewed, validated, and, where necessary, modified by the authors to ensure accuracy and reliability.

Acknowledgements

This project is supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) - project number 460248186 (PUNCH4NFDI https://www.punch4nfdi.de/).