Short Course

10th Topical Seminar on Innovative Particle and Radiation Detectors, Siena, 5-6 October 2006

A Short Course on the Geant4 Simulation Toolkit is organized in association to the conference. The registration is handled by the conference organization; students interested to attend the course are kindly invited to contact the conference Chairman for further details.

 Abstract   Programme   Course material   Training team 

Geant4: Simulation of Particle Interactions with Matter

Abstract

Geant4 is a software toolkit for the simulation of the interaction of particles with matter, developed and maintained by a world-wide collaboration of physicists and computer scientists. Its application areas include high energy physics experiments, astrophysics and astroparticle physics, space science, medical physics and medical imaging, nuclear physics, radioprotection and radiation background studies. It exploits advanced software engineering techniques and Object Oriented technology to achieve transparency of the physics implementation, as well as openness to extension and evolution.

Geant4 provides a wide set of tools for all the domains of detector simulation, such as Geometry modeling, Detector Response, Run and Event management, Tracking, Visualisation and User Interface. An abundant set of Physics Processes handle the diverse interactions of particles with matter across a wide energy range, as required by Geant4 multi-disciplinary nature; for many physics processes a choice of different models is available. 

The Geant4 source code and libraries are freely available, accompanied by an extensive set of user documentation. 

The course provides an overview of Geant4 capabilities, and illustrates in detail the major features available in the toolkit to simulate an experimental set-up. Finally, the students are guided through a real-life simulation example, offering a practical implementation of the basic concepts of a user application. As a result of the course the students would learn how to develop simulation applications based on the Geant4 Toolkit. 

To best profit of the course, some basic knowledge of the C++ computing language  is recommended.


Programme

Part 1 - 5 October - Afternoon

Presentation of the course - M.G. Pia 10'

Introduction - M.G. Pia 20'

Basic structure of the Geant4 Simulation Toolkit - M.G. Pia 20'

Detector modeling - S. Chauvie 40'

Part 2 - 5 October - Afternoon

Basic concepts and design of Geant4 particles and physics - M.G. Pia 30'

Electromagnetic physics - M.G. Pia 30'

Hadronic physics - S. Guatelli 30'

Part 3 - 6 October - Morning

Interactive capabilities -  - S. Guatelli 20'

Overview of other Geant4 capabilities - S. Chauvie 20'

Overview of Geant4 application in diverse domains - M.G. Pia 20'

How to use Geant4  - M.G. Pia 30'

Part 4 - 6 October - Morning

Geant4 application example  - S. Guatelli 60'

Installation  - S. Chauvie 15'

How to learn more  - M.G. Pia 10'


Course material

Lecture notes are available to the course participants for download from the web.
PLEASE NOTE that no paper copies will be distributed during the course.

Geant4 User Documentation can be browsed from the web or downloaded for printing.


Training team

The training team is composed of Geant4 Collaboration members, covering various areas of expertise in the Toolkit development and its applications.

The course is based on training material by the Geant4 Collaboration; in particular, thanks to K. Amako (KEK), M. Asai (SLAC), G. Cosmo (CERN), A. Heikkinen (Helsinki Institute of Physics), Alex Howard (CERN), M. Maire (LAPP), M. Verderi (IN2P3), D. Wright (SLAC).

Stéphane Chauvie is a medical physicist at Cuneo Hospital and an INFN associate; he contributes to Geant4 physics development, parallel computing and medical applications.
Azienda Ospedaliera Santa Croce e Carle, Cuneo, Italy - Phone +39
0171/641558

Susanna Guatelli is a post-doctoral fellow at INFN Section of Genova and a member of the Geant4 Collaboration; she is active in the domain of Geant4 physics validation, distributed computing and in advanced medical physics and space science applications. She has extensive experience in teaching Geant4 applications in various courses.
INFN Sezione di Genova and Univ. of Genova,  Via Dodecaneso 33, 16146 Genova, Italy - Phone: +39 010 353 6420, Fax: +39 010 313358

Maria Grazia Pia is a high energy physicist at INFN Genova and the Geant4 National Coordinator at INFN. She has been a member of the Geant4 Collaboration since its R&D phase, contributing to Geant4 physics design, development and validation. She leads various projects within Geant4, including Low Energy Electromagnetic Physics, Advanced Examples, Physics Book and R&D for applications in HEP, astrophysics and medical physics. She launched the Geant4 Training Programme and is active in the domain of technology transfer. She is also involved in software projects for Data Analysis.
INFN Sezione di Genova, Via Dodecaneso 33, 16146 Genova, Italy - Phone: +39 010 353 6328, Fax: +39 010 313358


Last update 28 September 2006 - Maria Grazia Pia