• DocumentCode
    2618859
  • Title

    Parallel geometries in Geant4: Foundation and recent enhancements

  • Author

    Apostolakis, J. ; Asai, M. ; Cosmo, G. ; Howard, A. ; Ivanchenko, V. ; Verderi, M.

  • Author_Institution
    CERN, PH Division, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    19-25 Oct. 2008
  • Firstpage
    883
  • Lastpage
    886
  • Abstract
    The Geant4 software toolkit simulates the passage of particles through matter. It is utilized in high energy and nuclear physics experiments, in medical physics and space applications.
  • Keywords
    Application software; Information geometry; Kernel; Medical simulation; Navigation; Nuclear and plasma sciences; Particle measurements; Particle tracking; Physics; Solid modeling;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2008. NSS '08. IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Dresden, Germany
  • ISSN
    1095-7863
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2714-7
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1095-7863
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/NSSMIC.2008.4774535
  • Filename
    4774535