Development and Validation of a Geant4 Radiation Shielding Simulation Framework
- Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY (United States); Reed College, Portland, OR (United States)
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Collider-Accelerator Dept.
- Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY (United States)
Geant4 (`Geometry and Tracking') is a C++ Monte- Carlo simulation toolkit developed by the Geant4 Collaboration under CERN and is used to describe inter- actions between particles and matter. It has been shown, through significant benchmarking against physical experiments and other software, to be remarkably accurate at simulating interactions between particles and matter. Currently, Geant4 is being used on world-wide projects such as ATLAS, CMS, Muon g-2, and ILC, largely due to being accurate, open-source, and written in a modern language. This openness and modernity is striking when compared to other Monte-Carlo simulation toolkits such as the Fortran toolkit MCNP (Monte-Carlo N-Particle code), which is restricted in acquisition and use by the US government. Despite barriers in the use of MCNP and having been written in an antiquated language, MCNP is still considered industry-standard for many fields, including radiation shielding. This paper details the development and validation of a radiation shielding simulation framework in Geant4 aimed at flexibility and ease of simulations with the goal of replacing MCNP scripts.
- Research Organization:
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP); New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- SC0012704
- OSTI ID:
- 1515417
- Report Number(s):
- CBETA/034; BNL-211700-2019-TECH
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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