Validation of Geant4 electromagnetic physics versus protocol data

Author

Amako, K. ; Guatelli, S. ; Ivanchencko, V. ; Maire, M. ; Mascialino, B. ; Murakami, K. ; Pandola, L. ; Parlati, S. ; Pia, M.G. ; Piergentili, M. ; Sasaki, T. ; Urban, L.

Author_Institution

KEK, Tsukuba, Japan

Volume

4

fYear

2004

fDate

16-22 Oct. 2004

Firstpage

2115

Abstract

The Geant4 simulation toolkit provides an ample set of complementary and alternative physics models for both electromagnetic and hadronic processes, describing the interaction of particles with matter. We present a short overview of the actual state of the physics models provided by Geant4 and the results of a series of detailed tests for the quantitative validation of the electromagnetic processes. The Geant4-based test results are compared to protocol references commonly adopted in the medical physics domain (NIST and ICRU).

Keywords

elementary particle electromagnetic interactions; physics computing; reviews; Geant4 electromagnetic physics; Geant4 simulation toolkit; ICRU; NIST; alternative physics models; complementary physics models; hadronic processes; medical physics domain; overview; protocol data; quantitative validation; Electromagnetic modeling; Electromagnetic radiation; Electrons; NIST; Object oriented modeling; Packaging; Physics; Protocols; Protons; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2004 IEEE

ISSN

1082-3654

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8700-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.2004.1462680

Filename

1462680