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ASTERIA: A Supernova TEst Routine for IceCube Analysis
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.. image:: asteria.png
  :alt: Goddess Asteria holding a globe full of stars.
  :width: 200px
  :align: right

ASTERIA is a fast supernova neutrino simulation designed for the IceCube Neutrino Observatory. The original version, called the Unified Supernova Simulation Routine (USSR), was written in C++ by Thomas Kowarik and Gösta Kroll at Universität Mainz in 2011. This project began as a Python port of the original program.

The code uses estimates of the supernova neutrino luminosity from large-scale simulations of core-collapse supernovae to calculate photons in the IceCube detector. The calculation includes parameterizations of the most important interactions contributing to signal in the ice from core-collapse neutrinos:

* Inverse beta decay.
* Electron scattering.
* Charged-current interactions on :sup:`16`\ O.
* Neutral-current interactions on :sup:`16`\ O.
* Scattering on :sup:`17/18`\ O.

Details are available in R. Abbasi et al., `IceCube sensitivity for low-energy neutrinos from nearby supernovae <(https://arxiv.org/abs/1108.0171>`_, A&A 535:A109, 2011.

Access to supernova neutrino simulations is provided through the SNEWPY code, documented on `readthedocs <https://snewpy.readthedocs.io/en/stable/>`_ and `github <https://github.com/SNEWS2/snewpy>`_.

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