Introduction to the Geant4 Simulation toolkit

Journal Article · Thu May 05 00:00:00 EDT 2011 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3576174· OSTI ID:21608107

Guatelli, S; Cutajar, D; Rosenfeld, A B ^[1]; Oborn, B ^[2]

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1. Centre for Medical Radiation Physics (CMRP), University of Wollongong, Northfields Avenue, Wollongong, NSW, 2522 (Australia)
2. Ilawarra Cancer Care Centre (ICCC), Wollongong Hospital, Crown Street, Wollongong, NSW, 2500 (Australia)

Geant4 is a Monte Carlo simulation Toolkit, describing the interactions of particles with matter. Geant4 is widely used in radiation physics research, from High Energy Physics, to medical physics and space science, thanks to its sophisticated physics component, coupled with advanced functionality in geometry description. Geant4 is widely used at the Centre for Medical Radiation Physics (CMRP), at the University of Wollongong, to characterise and optimise novel detector concepts, radiotherapy treatments, and imaging solutions. This lecture consists of an introduction to Monte Carlo method, and to Geant4. Particular attention will be devoted to the Geant4 physics component, and to the physics models describing electromagnetic and hadronic physics interactions. The second part of the lecture will be focused on the methodology to adopt to develop a Geant4 simulation application.

• OSTI ID: 21608107
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1345, Issue 1; Conference: SSD summer school on concepts and trends in medical radiation dosimetry, Wollongong (Australia), 15-18 Sep 2010; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3576174; (c) 2011 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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HADRON REACTIONS
MAGNETIC FIELDS
MATHEMATICAL SOLUTIONS
MONTE CARLO METHOD
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RADIOTHERAPY
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