Comparison of Geant4 electromagnetic physics models against the NIST reference data

被引:163
作者
Amako, K [1 ]
Guatelli, S
Ivanchenko, VN
Maire, M
Mascialino, B
Murakami, K
Nieminen, P
Pandola, L
Parlati, S
Pia, MG
Piergentili, M
Sasaki, T
Urban, L
机构
[1] KEK, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 3050801, Japan
[2] JST, CREST, Kawaguchi, Saitama 3320012, Japan
[3] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Genova, I-16146 Genoa, Italy
[4] CERN, CH-1122 Geneva, Switzerland
[5] LAPP, F-74941 Annecy Le Vieux, France
[6] ESA, NL-2201 AZ Noordwijk, Netherlands
[7] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Lab Nazl Gran Sasso, I-67010 Laquila, Italy
[8] Res Inst Particle & Nucl Phys, KFKI, H-1121 Budapest, Hungary
关键词
Geant4; Monte Carlo; NIST; validation;
D O I
10.1109/TNS.2005.852691
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
The Geant4 Simulation Toolkit provides an ample set of physics models describing electromagnetic interactions of particles with matter. This paper presents the results of a series of comparisons for the evaluation of Geant4 electromagnetic processes with respect to United States National Institute of Standards and Technologies (NIST) reference data. A statistical analysis was performed to estimate quantitatively the compatibility of Geant4 electromagnetic models with NIST data; the statistical analysis also highlighted the respective strengths of the different Geant4 models.
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页码:910 / 918
页数:9
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