Geant4 low energy electromagnetic physics

Author

Chauvie, S. ; Guatelli, S. ; Ivanchenko, V. ; Longo, F. ; Mantero, A. ; Mascialino, B. ; Nieminen, P. ; Pandola, L. ; Parlati, S. ; Peralta, L. ; Pia, M.G. ; Piergentili, M. ; Rodrigues, P. ; Saliceti, S. ; Tnndade, A.

Author_Institution

Ist. Nazionale di Fisica Nucl., Torino, Italy

Volume

3

fYear

2004

fDate

16-22 Oct. 2004

Firstpage

1881

Abstract

The Geant4 simulation toolkit includes a specialised package, implementing a precise treatment of electromagnetic interactions of particles with matter below 1 keV. The Geant4 low energy electromagnetic package provides a variety of models describing the electromagnetic processes of electrons and positrons, photons, charged hadrons and ions, taking into account detailed features, such as atomic shell effects and charge dependence. Those features are relevant to several experimental domains, such as astrophysics, space science and bio-medical research, and have enabled new simulation studies beyond the conventional applications of Geant4 in high energy physics. The design of the package and the physics models implemented are presented.

Keywords

physics computing; Geant4 low energy electromagnetic package; Geant4 simulation toolkit; astrophysics; atomic shell effects; biomedical research; charged hadrons; electrons; high energy physics; ions; photons; positrons; space science; Electromagnetic modeling; Electromagnetic radiation; Electrons; Instruments; Laboratories; Packaging; Particle tracking; Physics; Positrons; Telephony;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2004 IEEE

Conference_Location

Rome

ISSN

1082-3654

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8700-7

Electronic_ISBN

1082-3654

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.2004.1462612

Filename

1462612