Geometry and physics of the Geant4 toolkit for high and medium energy applications

被引:108
作者
Apostolakis, J. [1 ]
Asai, M. [12 ]
Bogdanov, A. G. [10 ]
Burkhardt, H. [1 ]
Cosmo, G. [1 ]
Elles, S. [6 ]
Folger, G. [1 ]
Grichine, V. M. [1 ,7 ]
Gumplinger, P. [13 ]
Heikkinen, A. [5 ]
Hrivnacova, I. [4 ]
Ivanchenko, V. N. [1 ,2 ]
Jacquemier, J. [6 ]
Koi, T. [12 ]
Kokoulin, R. P. [10 ]
Kossov, M. [1 ,3 ]
Kurashige, H. [9 ]
McLaren, I. [1 ]
Link, O. [1 ]
Maire, M. [6 ]
Pokorski, W. [1 ]
Sasaki, T. [8 ]
Starkov, N. [7 ]
Urban, L. [11 ]
Wright, D. H. [12 ]
机构
[1] CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
[2] EMSU, Moscow, Russia
[3] ITEP, Moscow, Russia
[4] IPN, Orsay, France
[5] Helsinki Inst Phys, Helsinki, Finland
[6] LAPP, Annecy, France
[7] PN Lebedev Phys Inst, Moscow 117924, Russia
[8] Natl Lab High Energy Phys, KEK, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305, Japan
[9] Kobe Univ, Kobe, Hyogo 657, Japan
[10] MEPhI, Moscow, Russia
[11] RMKI, Budapest, Hungary
[12] SLAC, Stanford, CA USA
[13] TRIUMF, Vancouver, BC V6T 2A3, Canada
关键词
Simulation; Monte Carlo; Particle interactions; Geometrical modeling; Nuclear interactions; Electromagnetic interactions; Hadronic interactions; PRODUCTION CROSS-SECTIONS; SIMULATION TOOL; MONTE-CARLO; SPACE; IMPLEMENTATION; RADIATION; CASCADE;
D O I
10.1016/j.radphyschem.2009.04.026
中图分类号
O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The current status of the Geant4 toolkit and the recent developments for the geometry, electromagnetic and hadronic physics for medium and high energy are presented. The focus of many recent improvements of the toolkit are key applications including the simulation of large Hadron collider (LHC) experiments at CERN. These developments and physics model extensions provide new capabilities and improvements for other applications of the toolkit for radiation studies in high energy physics (HEP), space and medical research. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:859 / 873
页数:15
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