Title :
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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2004 IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8700-7
DOI :
10.1109/NSSMIC.2004.1462680
