Electromagnetic Test Results

A set of tests, developed in the context of the Geant4 Test & Analysis project, generate physics distribution to be compared to reference data.

Incident particle

Results

Reference Data Statistical analysis
Photons Mass attenuation coefficient NIST Standard-NIST
Low Energy-NIST
Simulation Data

Summary
Be Al Ar Fe  Cs Au Pb Water

Absorption coefficient NIST  
Simulation Data Plot
Compton cross section NIST-XCOM Al
Simulation Data Al
Pair production  NIST-XCOM  
Simulation Data Plot
Photoelectric cross section NIST-XCOM Al
Simulation Data Al
Rayleigh cross section NIST-XCOM  
Simulation Data  Plot
Backscattered A. Smith et al.,
Phys. Rev. N (year) page m, figure x 
 
Simulation Data Plot
Electrons CSDA range NIST-ESTAR Standard-NIST
Low Energy-NIST
Simulation Data Al Au Cs Fe Pb Si U
Stopping power NIST-ESTAR
D.C. Joy, Electron Solid Interaction Database, SCANNING Vol. 17 (1995), tables N-M
Standard-NIST
Low Energy-NIST
Simulation Data Al(low energy) Au Cs Fe Pb Si U
Radiation yield NIST-ESTAR  
Simulation Data Plot
Backscattered fraction Reference to original publications
D.C. Joy,
Electron Solid Interaction Database, SCANNING Vol. 17 (1995), tables N-M
Al Low Energy
Au Low Energy
Al LowE-ref Figure 2
Simulation Data Al Al Low Energy Au
Transmitted fraction Figure 6 Standard-ref Figure 6
Low Energy-ref Figure 6
Simulation Data Al 9.3keV Al 15keV Al 25keV
Backscattered energy    
Simulation Data Plot
Transmitted energy    
Simulation Data Plot
Positrons Backscattering    
Simulation Data

7 keV 30 keV preliminary

Hadrons CSDA range    
Simulation Data  Plot
Stopping power    
Simulation Data Plot
Bragg peak    
 Simulation Data Plot
Ions      

Last modified 18 May 2003 - Maria Grazia Pia