Geant4 electromagnetic physics: improving simulation performance and accuracy

被引:12
作者
Ivanchenko, V. N. [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Incerti, S. [4 ]
Allison, J. [3 ]
Bagulya, A. [5 ]
Brown, J. M. C. [6 ]
Champion, C. [4 ]
Elles, S. [7 ]
Francis, Z. [8 ]
Grichine, V. [5 ]
Ivantchenko, A. [1 ,3 ]
Jacquemier, J. [7 ]
Karamitros, M. [4 ]
Maire, M. [3 ,7 ]
Mantero, A. [9 ]
Marques, J. P. [10 ,11 ]
Pandola, L. [12 ]
Raine, M. [13 ]
Reis, M. A. [10 ,14 ]
Santin, G. [15 ]
Sawkey, D. [16 ]
Schaelicke, A. [17 ]
Schenk, M. [18 ]
Taborda, A. [10 ,14 ]
Urban, L. [3 ]
Yamashita, T. [19 ]
机构
[1] CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
[2] Ecoanalytica, Moscow 119899, Russia
[3] Geant4 Associates Int Ltd, Hebden Bridge, W Yorkshire, England
[4] Univ Bordeaux 1, CNRS, IN2P3, CENBG, Gradignan, France
[5] Lebedev Phys Inst, Moscow 119991, Russia
[6] Monash Univ, Sch Phys, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
[7] LAPP, F-74941 Annecy Le Vieux, France
[8] Univ St Joseph, Fac Sci, Dept Phys, Beirut, Lebanon
[9] INFN, I-16146 Genoa, Italy
[10] Univ Lisbon, Ctr Fis Atom, P-1649003 Lisbon, Portugal
[11] Univ Lisbon, Fac Ciencias, Dept Fis, Ed C8, P-1749016 Lisbon, Portugal
[12] INFN, LNGS, I-67100 Assergi, Italy
[13] CEA, DAM, DIF, F-91297 Arpajon, France
[14] Univ Lisbon, IST ITN, Inst Super Tecn, Campus Tecnol & Nucl, P-2686953 Sacavem, Portugal
[15] ESA, ESTEC, NL-2200 AG Noordwijk, Netherlands
[16] Varian Med Syst, Palo Alto, CA 94304 USA
[17] Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin Mat & Energie GmbH, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
[18] Univ Bern, LHEP, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
[19] Hyogo Ion Beam Med Ctr, Tatsuno, Japan
来源
SNA + MC 2013 - JOINT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SUPERCOMPUTING IN NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS + MONTE CARLO | 2014年
关键词
Monte Carlo; Geant4; electromagnetic physics; IONIZATION CROSS-SECTIONS; POLYNOMIAL-APPROXIMATION; ENERGY; ELECTRONS; MODELS; WATER; IMPLEMENTATION; SCATTERING; GEOMETRY; NUCLEI;
D O I
10.1051/snamc/201403101
中图分类号
TP39 [计算机的应用];
学科分类号
081203 ; 0835 ;
摘要
The most recent upgrades of the electromagnetic (EM) physics "standard" and "low energy" sub-libraries of the general purpose Geant4 Monte Carlo simulation toolkit are described. These upgrades are relevant to different application domains including high energy physics, medical physics and space science. Validation results are presented and discussed.
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