GEANT4 - A simulation toolkit

S. Agostinelli; J. Allison; K. Amako; J. Apostolakis; H. Araujo; P. Arce; M. Asai; D. Axen; S. Banerjee; G. Barrand; F. Behner; L. Bellagamba; J. Boudreau; L. Broglia; A. Brunengo; H. Burkhardt; S. Chauvie; J. Chuma; R. Chytracek; G. Cooperman; G. Cosmo; P. Degtyarenko; A. Dell'Acqua; G. Depaola; D. Dietrich; R. Enami; A. Feliciello; C. Ferguson; H. Fesefeldt; G. Folger; F. Foppiano; A. Forti; S. Garelli; S. Giani; R. Giannitrapani; D. Gibin; J. J. Gomez Cadenas; I. Gonzalez; G. Gracia Abril; G. Greeniaus; W. Greiner; V. Grichine; A. Grossheim; S. Guatelli; P. Gumplinger; R. Hamatsu; K. Hashimoto; H. Hasui; A. Heikkinen; A. Howard; V. Ivanchenko; A. Johnson; F. W. Jones; J. Kallenbach; N. Kanaya; M. Kawabata; Y. Kawabata; M. Kawaguti; S. Kelner; P. Kent; A. Kimura; T. Kodama; R. Kokoulin; M. Kossov; H. Kurashige; E. Lamanna; T. Lampen; V. Lara; V. Lefebure; F. Lei; M. Liendl; W. Lockman; F. Longo; S. Magni; M. Maire; E. Medernach; K. Minamimoto; P. Mora de Freitas; Y. Morita; K. Murakami; M. Nagamatu; R. Nartallo; P. Nieminen; T. Nishimura; K. Ohtsubo; M. Okamura; S. O'Neale; Y. Oohata; K. Paech; J. Perl; A. Pfeiffer; M. G. Pia; F. Ranjard; A. Rybin; S. Sadilov; E. di Salvo; G. Santin; T. Sasaki; N. Savvas; Y. Sawada; S. Scherer; S. Sei; V. Sirotenko; D. Smith; N. Starkov; H. Stoecker; J. Sulkimo; M. Takahata; S. Tanaka; E. Tcherniaev; E. Safai Tehrani; M. Tropeano; P. Truscott; H. Uno; L. Urban; P. Urban; M. Verderi; A. Walkden; W. Wander; H. Weber; J. P. Wellisch; T. Wenaus; D. C. Williams; D. Wright; T. Yamada; H. Yoshida; D. Zschiesche

doi:10.1016/S0168-9002(03)01368-8

GEANT4 - A simulation toolkit

S. Agostinelli
, J. Allison
, K. Amako
, J. Apostolakis
, H. Araujo
, P. Arce
, M. Asai
, D. Axen
, S. Banerjee
, G. Barrand
, F. Behner
, L. Bellagamba
, J. Boudreau
, L. Broglia
, A. Brunengo
, H. Burkhardt
, S. Chauvie
, J. Chuma
, R. Chytracek
, G. Cooperman

G. Cosmo, P. Degtyarenko, A. Dell'Acqua, G. Depaola, D. Dietrich, R. Enami, A. Feliciello, C. Ferguson, H. Fesefeldt, G. Folger, F. Foppiano, A. Forti, S. Garelli, S. Giani, R. Giannitrapani, D. Gibin, J. J. Gomez Cadenas, I. Gonzalez, G. Gracia Abril, G. Greeniaus, W. Greiner, V. Grichine, A. Grossheim, S. Guatelli, P. Gumplinger, R. Hamatsu, K. Hashimoto, H. Hasui, A. Heikkinen, A. Howard, V. Ivanchenko, A. Johnson, F. W. Jones, J. Kallenbach, N. Kanaya, M. Kawabata, Y. Kawabata, M. Kawaguti, S. Kelner, P. Kent, A. Kimura, T. Kodama, R. Kokoulin, M. Kossov, H. Kurashige, E. Lamanna, T. Lampen, V. Lara, V. Lefebure, F. Lei, M. Liendl, W. Lockman, F. Longo, S. Magni, M. Maire, E. Medernach, K. Minamimoto, P. Mora de Freitas, Y. Morita, K. Murakami, M. Nagamatu, R. Nartallo, P. Nieminen, T. Nishimura, K. Ohtsubo, M. Okamura, S. O'Neale, Y. Oohata, K. Paech, J. Perl, A. Pfeiffer, M. G. Pia, F. Ranjard, A. Rybin, S. Sadilov, E. di Salvo, G. Santin, T. Sasaki, N. Savvas, Y. Sawada, S. Scherer, S. Sei, V. Sirotenko, D. Smith, N. Starkov, H. Stoecker, J. Sulkimo, M. Takahata, S. Tanaka, E. Tcherniaev, E. Safai Tehrani, M. Tropeano, P. Truscott, H. Uno, L. Urban, P. Urban, M. Verderi, A. Walkden, W. Wander, H. Weber, J. P. Wellisch, T. Wenaus, D. C. Williams, D. Wright, T. Yamada, H. Yoshida, D. Zschiesche

University of Genoa
University of Manchester
High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK)
European Organization for Nuclear Research
Imperial College London
CIEMAT
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
Hiroshima Institute of Technology
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai
Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire
Sezione di Roma
University of Pittsburgh
University of Lyon
INFN Sezione di Torino
University of Turin
TRIUMF
Northeastern University
Jefferson Lab
University of British Columbia
University of Cordoba
Goethe University Frankfurt am Main
Fukui University
University of Southampton
RWTH Aachen University
University of Genova
and Physics University of Udine
University of Padova
University of Valencia
University of Alberta
c/o DESY
P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
University of Dortmund
Sezione di Genova
Tokyo Metropolitan University
Helsinki Institute of Physics
Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Siberian Branch of the RAS
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
National Research Nuclear University MEPhI
University of Bath
Niigata University
Osaka Institute of Technology
Naruto University of Education
Kobe University
University of Calabria
CSIC-UV - Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC)
QinetiQ
Vienna University of Technology
BaBar Collaboration
University of California, Santa Cruz
University of Trieste
Borexino Collaboration
Sezione INFN di Milano
Laboratoire de Physique des Particules
Northern Illinois University
Ip Paris
ESTEC - European Space Research and Technology Centre
University of Birmingham
Kurchatov Institute
Ritsumeikan University
Wigner Research Centre for Physics
ENAC-IIC-GEL
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
University of California at Santa Cruz

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Abstract

GEANT4 is a toolkit for simulating the passage of particles through matter. It includes a complete range of functionality including tracking, geometry, physics models and hits. The physics processes offered cover a comprehensive range, including electromagnetic, hadronic and optical processes, a large set of long-lived particles, materials and elements, over a wide energy range starting, in some cases, from 250 eV and extending in others to the TeV energy range. It has been designed and constructed to expose the physics models utilised, to handle complex geometries, and to enable its easy adaptation for optimal use in different sets of applications. The toolkit is the result of a worldwide collaboration of physicists and software engineers. It has been created exploiting software engineering and object-oriented technology and implemented in the C++ programming language. It has been used in applications in particle physics, nuclear physics, accelerator design, space engineering and medical physics.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	250-303
Number of pages	54
Journal	Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume	506
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0168-9002(03)01368-8
Publication status	Published - 1 Jul 2003

Keywords

Distributed software development
Geometrical modelling
Object-oriented technology
Particle interactions
Simulation
Software engineering

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Agostinelli, S., Allison, J., Amako, K., Apostolakis, J., Araujo, H., Arce, P., Asai, M., Axen, D., Banerjee, S., Barrand, G., Behner, F., Bellagamba, L., Boudreau, J., Broglia, L., Brunengo, A., Burkhardt, H., Chauvie, S., Chuma, J., Chytracek, R., ... Zschiesche, D. (2003). GEANT4 - A simulation toolkit. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 506(3), 250-303. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0168-9002(03)01368-8

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AU - Arce, P.

AU - Asai, M.

AU - Axen, D.

AU - Banerjee, S.

AU - Barrand, G.

AU - Behner, F.

AU - Bellagamba, L.

AU - Boudreau, J.

AU - Broglia, L.

AU - Brunengo, A.

AU - Burkhardt, H.

AU - Chauvie, S.

AU - Chuma, J.

AU - Chytracek, R.

AU - Cooperman, G.

AU - Cosmo, G.

AU - Degtyarenko, P.

AU - Dell'Acqua, A.

AU - Depaola, G.

AU - Dietrich, D.

AU - Enami, R.

AU - Feliciello, A.

AU - Ferguson, C.

AU - Fesefeldt, H.

AU - Folger, G.

AU - Foppiano, F.

AU - Forti, A.

AU - Garelli, S.

AU - Giani, S.

AU - Giannitrapani, R.

AU - Gibin, D.

AU - Gomez Cadenas, J. J.

AU - Gonzalez, I.

AU - Gracia Abril, G.

AU - Greeniaus, G.

AU - Greiner, W.

AU - Grichine, V.

AU - Grossheim, A.

AU - Guatelli, S.

AU - Gumplinger, P.

AU - Hamatsu, R.

AU - Hashimoto, K.

AU - Hasui, H.

AU - Heikkinen, A.

AU - Howard, A.

AU - Ivanchenko, V.

AU - Johnson, A.

AU - Jones, F. W.

AU - Kallenbach, J.

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AU - Liendl, M.

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AU - O'Neale, S.

AU - Oohata, Y.

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AU - Perl, J.

AU - Pfeiffer, A.

AU - Pia, M. G.

AU - Ranjard, F.

AU - Rybin, A.

AU - Sadilov, S.

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AU - Santin, G.

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AU - Sei, S.

AU - Sirotenko, V.

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AU - Starkov, N.

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AU - Sulkimo, J.

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AU - Tanaka, S.

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AU - Urban, P.

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