Overview of Geant4 tasks

Geant4 beginner Course at IX Seminar on Software for Nuclear, Subnuclear and Applied Physics; Alghero (I), May 28 - June 1, 2012

Geant4 Users' Tutorial

Geant4 Tasks

The practical sessions of this course are organized in several tasks, each one covering a part of Geant4.

Task 0 - Introduction to Geant4

• how to compile and run the example programs
• introduction to basic UI commands
• introduction to visualization
• where to find help

Task 1 - Geometry

• using and defining materials
• constructiong a detector using solids and placements
• replica, GDML

advanced features

Task 2 - Primary Particles and User Interface

• Particle gun
• General Particle source
• User Interfaces

Task 3 - Physics, part I

• Overview and cuts
• How to use EM physics
• Details of EM processes

Task 4 - Physics, part II and Physics Lists

• Hadronic Physics I
• Hadronic Physics II
• Physics Lists

Task 5 - Getting Information from Geant4 Objects and using it.

• Sensitive Detector
• Scoring
• Storing information (interface to ROOT)
• Stacking
• Internal Objects and User Actions

Task 5 - Getting Information from Geant4 Objects and using it.