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Title: Validation of Hadronic Models in GEANT4

Abstract

Geant4 is a software toolkit for the simulation of the passage of particles through matter. It has abundant hadronic models from thermal neutron interactions to ultra relativistic hadrons. An overview of validations in Geant4 hadronic physics is presented based on thin target measurements. In most cases, good agreement is available between Monte Carlo prediction and experimental data; however, several problems have been detected which require some improvement in the models.

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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
916987
Report Number(s):
SLAC-PUB-12836
TRN: US0804403
DOE Contract Number:  
AC02-76SF00515
Resource Type:
Conference
Journal Name:
AIP Conf.Proc.896:21-30,2007
Additional Journal Information:
Conference: Prepared for Hadronic Shower Simulations Workshop, Batavia, Illinois, 6-8 Sep 2006
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; FORECASTING; HADRONS; PHYSICS; SIMULATION; TARGETS; THERMAL NEUTRONS; VALIDATION; Phenomenology-HEP,HEPPH

Citation Formats

Koi, Tatsumi, Wright, Dennis H, /SLAC, Folger, Gunter, Ivanchenko, Vladimir, Kossov, Mikhail, Starkov, Nikolai, /CERN, Heikkinen, Aatos, /Helsinki Inst. of Phys., Truscott, Peter, Lei, Fan, /QinetiQ, and Wellisch, Hans-Peter. Validation of Hadronic Models in GEANT4. United States: N. p., 2007. Web.
Koi, Tatsumi, Wright, Dennis H, /SLAC, Folger, Gunter, Ivanchenko, Vladimir, Kossov, Mikhail, Starkov, Nikolai, /CERN, Heikkinen, Aatos, /Helsinki Inst. of Phys., Truscott, Peter, Lei, Fan, /QinetiQ, & Wellisch, Hans-Peter. Validation of Hadronic Models in GEANT4. United States.
Koi, Tatsumi, Wright, Dennis H, /SLAC, Folger, Gunter, Ivanchenko, Vladimir, Kossov, Mikhail, Starkov, Nikolai, /CERN, Heikkinen, Aatos, /Helsinki Inst. of Phys., Truscott, Peter, Lei, Fan, /QinetiQ, and Wellisch, Hans-Peter. 2007. "Validation of Hadronic Models in GEANT4". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/916987.
@article{osti_916987,
title = {Validation of Hadronic Models in GEANT4},
author = {Koi, Tatsumi and Wright, Dennis H and /SLAC and Folger, Gunter and Ivanchenko, Vladimir and Kossov, Mikhail and Starkov, Nikolai and /CERN and Heikkinen, Aatos and /Helsinki Inst. of Phys. and Truscott, Peter and Lei, Fan and /QinetiQ and Wellisch, Hans-Peter},
abstractNote = {Geant4 is a software toolkit for the simulation of the passage of particles through matter. It has abundant hadronic models from thermal neutron interactions to ultra relativistic hadrons. An overview of validations in Geant4 hadronic physics is presented based on thin target measurements. In most cases, good agreement is available between Monte Carlo prediction and experimental data; however, several problems have been detected which require some improvement in the models.},
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url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/916987}, journal = {AIP Conf.Proc.896:21-30,2007},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Sep 26 00:00:00 EDT 2007},
month = {Wed Sep 26 00:00:00 EDT 2007}
}

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