Maria Grazia Pia, INFN Genova 1 Monte Carlo in experimental physics Similar trends observed in other journals Increasing use of Monte Carlo simulation.

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1 Maria Grazia Pia, INFN Genova 1 Monte Carlo in experimental physics Similar trends observed in other journals Increasing use of Monte Carlo simulation in HEP/nuclear/astro/medical physics ~50-60% NIM/TNS papers The butterfly effect: Correlations between modeling in nuclear-particle physics and socioeconomic factors Pia, M.G.; Basaglia, T.; Bell, Z.W.; Dressendorfer, P.V.; Proc. IEEE Nucl. Sci. Symp. 2010, pp. 710 - 717

2 Maria Grazia Pia, INFN Genova 2 S. Agostinelli et al.,Geant4 - a simulation toolkit NIM A, vol. 506, pp. 250-303, 2003 Most cited paper in Nuclear Science & Technology 2582 citations (Thomson Reuters, ISI Web of Knowledge, 12/12/2011) Institutes Citations INFN 490 Univ. Roma 1 336 RAL 333 1 Stochastic resonance Gammaitoni L et al. Rev. Mod. Phys. (70) 223-287, 1998 Cited: 2750 2 GEANT4-a simulation toolkit Agostinelli S et al. NIM A (506) 250-303, 2003 Cited: 2582 3 HERWIG 5.1 - A Monte-Carlo event generator for simulating hadron emission reactions with interfering gluons Marchesini G et al. Comp. Phys. Comm. (67) 465-508, 1992 Cited: 1211 4 Gauge-models with spontaneously broken local supersymmetry Barbieri R, Ferrara S, Savoy CA Phys. Lett. B (119) 343-347, 1982 Cited: 961 5 Observation of top-quark production in (p)over-bar-p collisions with the Collider Detector at Fermilab Author(s): Abe F et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. (74) 2626-2631, 1995 Cited: 940 2 nd most cited INFN paper INFN is the largest source of citations to Geant4 (~25%), i.e. the largest Geant4 user Multi-disciplinary applications

3 Maria Grazia Pia, INFN Genova 3 INFN partecipa a Geant4 dalla fase RD44 (1994-1998) Commissione Calcolo fino al 2005 e dal 2012 (UQ project) Geant4, NANO5, MC-INFN e FLUKA in Commissione V Significativi contributi originali alla ricerca in simulazione Fisica di basse energie, processi elettromagnetici R&D su metodi di trasporto R&D su metodi di software design R&D su errori epistemici in simulazione Monte Carlo R&D su Uncertainty Quantification R&D su Physics Data Management Creazione di Data Library distribuita da NEA e RSICC Metodi statistici applicati alla simulazione, Statistical Toolkit Pubblicazioni in http://www.ge.infn.it/geant4/papers/http://www.ge.infn.it/geant4/papers/ Object oriented toolkit for the simulation of particle interactions with matter Courtesy Borexino Courtesy CMS Collaboration Courtesy ATLAS Collaboration LHC RADMON IST. Naz. Ricerca sul Cancro,

4 Maria Grazia Pia, INFN Genova 4 To write or not to write? T. Basaglia, Z. W. Bell, P. V. Dressendorfer, A. Larkin, M.G. Pia, Writing Software or Writing Scientific Articles? IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., vol. 55, no. 2, pp. 671-678, 2008 Software publications are largely underrepresented in particle/nuclear physics literature w.r.t. hardware ones NSS 2007 However, some software publications collect a large number of citations S. Agostinelli et al.,Geant4 - a simulation toolkit NIM A, vol. 506, pp. 250-303, 2003 Most cited paper in Nuclear Science & Technology

5 Maria Grazia Pia, INFN Genova 5 Speranza per il futuro Dignità nellambito della ricerca INFN Adeguate risorse di ricerca Finanziamenti Persone Investimento nella formazione Dei core-developers Della comunità sperimentale utente Attività di ricerca di importanza strategica per tutti i programmi dellINFN Expertise altamente specializzata, poche unità in tutto il mondo Richiede criteri appropriati per la definizione di sigle di progetto