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>> 1 $Id: README,v 1.1 2009-09-19 16:09:43 maire Exp $
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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 electronScattering 8 electronScattering
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10 Electron scattering benchmark (T. O'Shea and 11 Electron scattering benchmark (T. O'Shea and B. Faddegon)
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12 1- GEOMETRY DEFINITION 13 1- GEOMETRY DEFINITION
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14 The geometry is described in the enclosed doc 15 The geometry is described in the enclosed documument : NRCC_electron_scat.pdf
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16 A "World" volume contains a "Frame" made of A 17 A "World" volume contains a "Frame" made of Air.
17 The Frame contains : ExitWindow, ScatterFoil, 18 The Frame contains : ExitWindow, ScatterFoil, MonitorChbr, Bag.
18 The Bag contains a Gas volume, which contains 19 The Bag contains a Gas volume, which contains 2 aluminium Rings
19 The Scoring plane is the end-plane of the Fra 20 The Scoring plane is the end-plane of the Frame
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21 The default geometry is constructed in Detect 22 The default geometry is constructed in DetectorConstruction class.
22 The parameters of the ScatterFoil (material a 23 The parameters of the ScatterFoil (material and thickness) must be defined
23 via 2 UI commands : see the macro scatter.mac 24 via 2 UI commands : see the macro scatter.mac
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25 2- PHYSICS LIST 26 2- PHYSICS LIST
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27 Physics lists can be local (eg. in this examp 28 Physics lists can be local (eg. in this example) or from G4 kernel
28 physics_lists subdirectory. 29 physics_lists subdirectory.
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30 Local physics lists: 31 Local physics lists:
31 - "local" standard EM physics with current ' 32 - "local" standard EM physics with current 'best' options setting.
32 these options are explicited i 33 these options are explicited in PhysListEmStandard
33 - "standardSS" standard EM physics with singl 34 - "standardSS" standard EM physics with single Coulomb scattering
34 instead of multiple scattering 35 instead of multiple scattering
35 36
36 From geant4/source/physics_lists/builders: 37 From geant4/source/physics_lists/builders:
37 - "emstandard_opt0" recommended standard EM 38 - "emstandard_opt0" recommended standard EM physics for LHC
38 - "emstandard_opt1" best CPU performance sta 39 - "emstandard_opt1" best CPU performance standard physics for LHC
39 - "emstandard_opt2" alternative models 40 - "emstandard_opt2" alternative models
40 - "emstandard_opt3" current state of art for 41 - "emstandard_opt3" current state of art for EM physics
41 analog to "local"above 42 analog to "local"above
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43 Physics lists and options can be (re)set with 44 Physics lists and options can be (re)set with UI commands
44 45
45 Please, notice that options set through G4EmP 46 Please, notice that options set through G4EmProcessOPtions are global, eg
46 for all particle types. In G4 builders, it is 47 for all particle types. In G4 builders, it is shown how to set options per
47 particle type. 48 particle type.
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49 50
50 3- PRIMARY GENERATOR : mono-enegetic pencil b 51 3- PRIMARY GENERATOR : mono-enegetic pencil beam
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52 The primary kinematic consists of a single pa 53 The primary kinematic consists of a single particle which hits the detector
53 perpendicular to the input face (ExitWindow). 54 perpendicular to the input face (ExitWindow). The type of the particle and its
54 energy are set in the PrimaryGeneratorAction 55 energy are set in the PrimaryGeneratorAction class, and can be changed via
55 the G4 build-in commands of ParticleGun class 56 the G4 build-in commands of ParticleGun class.
56 (see the macros provided with this example) 57 (see the macros provided with this example)
57 58
58 The incident beam has a Gaussian-shaped spati 59 The incident beam has a Gaussian-shaped spatial distribution. The rms of the
59 Gaussian can be define with an UI command bui 60 Gaussian can be define with an UI command built in PrimaryGeneratorMessenger.
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61 4- VISUALIZATION 62 4- VISUALIZATION
62 63
63 The Visualization Manager is set in the main( 64 The Visualization Manager is set in the main().
64 The initialisation of the drawing is done via 65 The initialisation of the drawing is done via the commands in vis.mac
65 In interactive session: 66 In interactive session:
66 PreInit or Idle > /control/execute vis.mac 67 PreInit or Idle > /control/execute vis.mac
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68 The example has a default view which is a lon 69 The example has a default view which is a longitudinal view of the detector.
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70 The tracks are drawn at the end of event, and 71 The tracks are drawn at the end of event, and erased at the end of run.
71 Optionaly one can choose to draw all particle 72 Optionaly one can choose to draw all particles, only the charged, or none.
72 This command is defined in EventActionMesseng 73 This command is defined in EventActionMessenger class.
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74 5- TRACKING 75 5- TRACKING
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76 One can limit 'by hand' the step lenght of t 77 One can limit 'by hand' the step lenght of the particle. As an example,
77 this limitation is implemented as a 'full' pr 78 this limitation is implemented as a 'full' process : see StepMax class and its
78 Messenger. The 'StepMax process' is registere 79 Messenger. The 'StepMax process' is registered in the Physics List.
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80 6- DETECTOR RESPONSE 81 6- DETECTOR RESPONSE
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82 At the end of a run, from the histogram(s), o 83 At the end of a run, from the histogram(s), one can study different
83 physics quantities, via the histograms define 84 physics quantities, via the histograms defined below.
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85 An ascii file corresponding to histo 4 (see b 86 An ascii file corresponding to histo 4 (see below) is automatically written.
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88 7- List of the built-in histograms 89 7- List of the built-in histograms
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91 The test contains 4 built-in 1D histograms, w << 92 The test contains 4 built-in 1D histograms, which are managed by the
92 G4AnalysisManager class and its Messenger. Th << 93 HistoManager class and its Messenger. The histos can be individually activated
93 with the command : 94 with the command :
94 /analysis/h1/set id nbBins valMin valMax uni << 95 /testem/histo/setHisto id nbBins valMin valMax unit
95 where unit is the desired unit for the histo 96 where unit is the desired unit for the histo (MeV or keV, deg or mrad, etc..)
96 (see the macros xxxx.mac). 97 (see the macros xxxx.mac).
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98 1 "(charged particles): projected angle at S 99 1 "(charged particles): projected angle at Scoring plane"
99 2 "(charged particles): dN/dS at Scoring pla 100 2 "(charged particles): dN/dS at Scoring plane"
100 3 "(charged particles): d(N/cost)/dS at Scor 101 3 "(charged particles): d(N/cost)/dS at Scoring plane"
101 4 "(charged particles): normalized d(N/cost) 102 4 "(charged particles): normalized d(N/cost)/dS at Scoring plane"
102 5 "(charged particles); scatteri <<
103 6 "(charged particles); measured <<
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105 The histograms can be viewed using ROOT or PA << 104 The histograms can be viewed using ROOT or PAW. See below the note on AIDA.
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107 One can control the name and format of the hi 106 One can control the name and format of the histograms file with the command:
108 /analysis/setFileName name (default nrccBen << 107 /testem/histo/setFileName name (default nrccBenchmark)
109 It is possible to choose the format of the hi << 108 /testem/histo/setFileType type (choice: hbook, root(default), XML)
110 xml, csv, by using namespace in HistoManager. << 109
111 It is also possible to print selected histogr 110 It is also possible to print selected histograms on an ascii file:
112 /analysis/h1/setAscii id << 111 /testem/histo/printHisto id
113 All selected histos will be written on a file 112 All selected histos will be written on a file name.ascii (default nrccBenchmark)
114 << 113
>> 114 Note that, by default, histograms are disabled. To activate them, uncomment
>> 115 the flag G4ANALYSIS_USE in GNUmakefile.
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116 8- HOW TO START ? 117 8- HOW TO START ?
117 118
118 - execute electronScattering in 'batch' mode << 119 - compile and link to generate an executable
119 % electronScattering myMacro.mac << 120 % cd eBenchmarkV1
>> 121 % gmake
>> 122
>> 123 - execute eBenchmarkV1 in 'batch' mode from macro files e.g.
>> 124 % $(G4INSTALL)/bin/$(G4SYSTEM)/eBenchmarkV1 myMacro.mac
120 125
121 - execute electronScattering in 'interactive' << 126 - execute eBenchmarkV1 in 'interactive' mode with visualization e.g.
122 % electronScattering << 127 % $(G4INSTALL)/bin/$(G4SYSTEM)/eBenchmarkV1
123 Then type your commands, for instance : 128 Then type your commands, for instance :
124 Idle> control/execute vis.mac 129 Idle> control/execute vis.mac
125 Idle> run/beamOn 5 130 Idle> run/beamOn 5
126 .... 131 ....
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>> 133 9- USING HISTOGRAMS
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>> 135 Note that, by default, histograms are disabled. To activate them, uncomment
>> 136 the flag G4ANALYSIS_USE in GNUmakefile.
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>> 138 Before compilation of the example it is optimal to clean up old files:
>> 139 gmake histclean
>> 140 gmake
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>> 142 To use histograms, at least one of the AIDA implementations should be
>> 143 available. See InstallAida.txt
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