DocumentCode :
3353430
Title :
GAMOS: An easy and flexible way to use GEANT4
Author :
Arce, Pedro ; Lagares, Juan I. ; Harkness, Laura ; Desorgher, Laurent ; De Lorenzo, Gianluca ; Abreu, Yamiel ; Wang, Zhentian
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Med. Phys., CIEMAT, Madrid, Spain
fYear :
2011
fDate :
23-29 Oct. 2011
Firstpage :
2230
Lastpage :
2237
Abstract :
The wide range of physics models available in GEANT4, as well as its outstanding geometry and visualization tools, has made it gain widespread use in several fields of physics, like high energy, medical, space, etc. Nevertheless the use of GEANT4 often requires a long learning-curve, which implies a good knowledge of C++ and the GEANT4 code itself. GAMOS facilitates the use of GEANT4 by avoiding the need to use C++, providing instead a set of user commands. One of the novelties of GAMOS with respect to similar simulation codes lies in its flexibility, which makes it appropriate for simulation in many physics fields. This flexibility is sustained by the wide range of geometrical configurations, primary generators and physics lists supported and by the comprehensive set of tools that help the user in extracting detailed information from the simulation through user commands. The use of the plug-in technology contributes to this flexibility, as it facilitates the extension of the framework to include extra functionality not foreseen by the framework authors. GAMOS counts already with several hundreds registered users in the five continents; while it is more frequently used in the medical physics field, its use has also been extended to other fields, like high energy physics, space physics, neutron shielding, etc.
Keywords :
C++ language; high energy physics instrumentation computing; high level languages; C++; GAMOS; GEANT4 code; geometrical configurations; high energy physics; long learning-curve; medical physics field; neutron shielding; physics fields; physics models; plug-in technology; primary generators; registered users; simulation codes; space physics; user commands; visualization tools; Detectors; Electron tubes; Generators; Geometry; Physics; Positron emission tomography; Single photon emission computed tomography;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Valencia
ISSN :
1082-3654
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0118-3
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/NSSMIC.2011.6154455
Filename :
6154455
Link To Document :
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