| Geant4 Cross Reference |
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4 Geant4 - an Object-Oriented Toolkit for S 5 Geant4 - an Object-Oriented Toolkit for Simulation in HEP
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7 Examples module 8 Examples module
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10 This module collects three sets of user exampl 11 This module collects three sets of user examples aimed to demonstrate to
11 the user how to make correct use of the GEANT4 12 the user how to make correct use of the GEANT4 toolkit by implementing
12 in a correct way those user-classes which the 13 in a correct way those user-classes which the user is supposed to
13 customize in order to define his/her own simul 14 customize in order to define his/her own simulation setup.
14 << 15 One set of examples is oriented to "novice" users and covering all
15 The "basic" set of examples is oriented to nov << 16 possible general use-cases typical of an "application"-oriented kind of
16 the most typical use-cases of a Geant4 applica << 17 development. An "extended" set of examples require some additional
17 and ease of use. << 18 libraries besides of Geant4. This set covers some specific use cases
18 << 19 for actual detector simulation. An "advanced" set of examples covers
19 An "extended" set of examples may require some << 20 the use-cases typical of a "toolkit"-oriented kind of development,
20 of Geant4. This set covers many specific use c << 21 where real complete applications for different simulation studies are
21 simulation. << 22 provided; may require additional third party products to be built.
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23 An "advanced" set of examples covers the use-c <<
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28 Most of the examples can be run both in intera 23 Most of the examples can be run both in interactive and batch mode, and
29 input macro files (*.in) and reference output 24 input macro files (*.in) and reference output files (*.out) are provided.
30 See the detailed instructions how to build and << 25 Novice and most of the extended examples are considered part of the
31 in README.HowToRun and README.HowToRunTestEm1. <<
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34 Basic and most of the extended examples are co <<
35 system testing suite for validation of the off 26 system testing suite for validation of the official releases of the
36 GEANT4 toolkit. Basic and some of the extended << 27 GEANT4 toolkit. Novice examples and some of the extended and advanced
37 examples are also used as "acceptance"-tests f 28 examples are also used as "acceptance"-tests for the release process.
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39 The previous set of examples oriented to novic << 30 Novice level examples
40 has been refactored in "basic" and "extended" << 31 ExampleN01
41 The source code of the last version of the ori << 32 - Mandatory user classes
42 (in 9.6.p02 release) can be viewed in the Gean << 33 - Demonstrates how Geant4 kernel works
43 http://www-geant4.kek.jp/lxr/source/examples << 34 ExampleN02
44 << 35 - Simplified tracker geometry with uniform magnetic field
45 And more on what is common for all examples: << 36 - Electromagnetic processes
46 - README.HowToRun << 37 ExampleN03
47 - README.HowToRunMT << 38 - Simplified calorimeter geometry
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49 Web: https://geant4-userdoc.web.cern.ch/Doxyge << 40 - Various materials
>> 41 ExampleN04
>> 42 - Simplified collider detector with a readout geometry
>> 43 - Full "ordinary" processes
>> 44 - PYTHIA primary events
>> 45 - Event filtering by stack
>> 46 ExampleN05
>> 47 - Simplified BaBar calorimeter
>> 48 - EM shower parametrisation
>> 49 ExampleN06
>> 50 - Optical photon processes
>> 51 ExampleN07
>> 52 - Regions and parameterised materials
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>> 54 Extended level examples
>> 55 analysis
>> 56 - Histogramming through the AIDA interface
>> 57 biasing
>> 58 - Examples of event biasing and scoring
>> 59 electromagnetic
>> 60 - Specific EM physics simulation with histogramming
>> 61 eventgenerator
>> 62 - Applications using interface to primary event generators like HepMC
>> 63 field
>> 64 - Specific simulation setups in magnetic field
>> 65 g3tog3
>> 66 - Examples of usage of the g3tog4 converter tool
>> 67 gdml
>> 68 - Example of import/export detector persistency through the Geometry
>> 69 Description Markup Language (GDML)
>> 70 geometry
>> 71 - Specific geometry examples and tools: OLAP tool for detection
>> 72 of overlapping geometries
>> 73 hadronic
>> 74 - Specific hadronic physics simulation with histogramming
>> 75 medical
>> 76 - Specific examples for medical physics applications
>> 77 optical
>> 78 - Examples of generic optical processes simulation setups
>> 79 parallel
>> 80 - Examples of event-level parallelism in Geant4 using the
>> 81 TOP-C distribution, and distributed runs through DIANE
>> 82 parameterisations
>> 83 - Examples for fast shower parameterisations according to specific models
>> 84 persistency
>> 85 - Persistency of simulation outputs through Reflex tool
>> 86 radioactivedecay
>> 87 - Examples to simulate the decays of radioactive isotopes and
>> 88 induced radioactivity resulted from nuclear interactions
>> 89 runAndEvent
>> 90 - Examples to demonstrate how to connect the information between
>> 91 primary particles and hits and utilize user-information classes
>> 92 visualization
>> 93 - Specific visualization features and graphical customisations
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>> 95 Advanced level examples
>> 96 air_shower
>> 97 - Simulation of the ULTRA detector for UV and charged particles
>> 98 detection in cosmic rays
>> 99 brachytherapy
>> 100 - Setup for brachytherapy Ir-192 HDR source
>> 101 composite_calorimeter
>> 102 - Test-beam simulation used in CMS against real data taken
>> 103 in 1996 in a CMS Hadron calorimeter test-beam at LHC
>> 104 cosmicray_charging
>> 105 - Simulation of electrostatic charging in the LISA mission by
>> 106 galactic cosmic ray protons and helium nuclei
>> 107 gammaray_telescope
>> 108 - Simulation of a typical telescope for gamma ray analysis
>> 109 hadrontherapy
>> 110 - Simulation of a hadron therapy beam line
>> 111 lAr_calorimeter
>> 112 - Simulation of the Liquid Argon Calorimeter of the ATLAS
>> 113 Detector at LHC
>> 114 medical_linac
>> 115 - Simulation of energy deposit in a Phantom filled with water
>> 116 for a typical linac used for intensity modulated radiation therapy
>> 117 microbeam
>> 118 - Simulation of the cellular irradiation beam line installed on the AIFIRA
>> 119 electrostatic accelerator facility located at CENBG, France
>> 120 purging_magnet
>> 121 - Simulation of electrons traveling through a 3D magnetic field of a
>> 122 strong purging magnet used for treatment head in a medical environment
>> 123 radiation_monitor
>> 124 - Application to study the effects of a chip carrier on silicon radiation
>> 125 monitoring devices used in the LHC environment
>> 126 radioprotection
>> 127 - Application for the evaluation of dose in astronauts, vehicle concepts
>> 128 and Moon surface habitat configurations, in a space radiation environment
>> 129 raredecay_calorimetry
>> 130 - Simulation of a simplified sandwitch calorimeter to Estimate importance
>> 131 of photonuclear reactions for photon inefficiency
>> 132 Rich
>> 133 - Rich Test Beam Simulation
>> 134 Tiara
>> 135 - Simulation of the TIARA experiment using importance sampling
>> 136 underground_physics
>> 137 - Setup of an underground dark matter experiment
>> 138 xray_fluorescence
>> 139 - Test beam to characterize the response function of an
>> 140 HPGe detector used to measure fluorescence emissions
>> 141 xray_telescope
>> 142 - Realistic simulation of an X-ray Telescope
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