Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment· 2016Q2· Review
Recent developments in Geant4
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Geant4, a toolkit for simulating particle passage through matter, has undergone major updates including multithreading adaptation, physics advancements, and new tools for biasing and validation.
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Key points
- Geant4 is a versatile toolkit for simulating particle passage through matter.
- Major updates address needs in high energy physics, astrophysics, space science, and medical physics.
- Key advancements include multithreading, physics model improvements, and detector modeling.
- New features incorporate biasing, reverse Monte Carlo, and enhanced validation tools.
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Abstract
Geant4 is a software toolkit for the simulation of the passage of particles through matter. It is used by a large number of experiments and projects in a variety of application domains, including high energy physics, astrophysics and space science, medical physics and radiation protection. Over the past several years, major changes have been made to the toolkit in order to accommodate the needs of these user communities, and to efficiently exploit the growth of computing power made available by advances in technology. The adaptation of Geant4 to multithreading, advances in physics, detector modeling and visualization, extensions to the toolkit, including biasing and reverse Monte Carlo, and tools for physics and release validation are discussed here.
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