First steps with Geant4
from
Monday 9 May 2022 (13:00)
to
Friday 13 May 2022 (18:30)
Monday 9 May 2022
14:00
Introduction
-
Mihaly Novak
(
CERN
)
Introduction
Mihaly Novak
(
CERN
)
14:00 - 16:00
Room: 53/R-044
- scope and goal of this course - a short introduction to Geant4 - introduction of some important Geant4 concepts such as run, event, track, etc.
16:00
Break
Break
16:00 - 16:15
Room: 53/R-044
16:15
Preliminaries
-
Mihaly Novak
(
CERN
)
Preliminaries
Mihaly Novak
(
CERN
)
16:15 - 18:00
Room: 53/R-044
- introduction of our work environment (i.e. the virtual machine installation, demystification of Geant4 install and `CMake` configuration, etc.) - recapitulation of some object oriented concept of C++ crucial for the course (such as interface and their usage)
18:00
Adjourn
Adjourn
18:00 - 18:15
Room: 53/R-044
Tuesday 10 May 2022
14:00
Detector Description
-
Mihaly Novak
(
CERN
)
Detector Description
Mihaly Novak
(
CERN
)
14:00 - 16:00
Room: 53/R-044
- introduction of the `G4VUserDetectorConstruction` interface - introduction to the Geant4 geometry description - introduction to the Geant4 material description
16:00
Break
Break
16:00 - 16:15
Room: 53/R-044
16:15
Implementation of the Detector-Construction of our application
-
Mihaly Novak
(
CERN
)
Implementation of the Detector-Construction of our application
Mihaly Novak
(
CERN
)
16:15 - 18:00
Room: 53/R-044
- we will develop the `main` of our application then we start to implement the mandatory components, first the DetectorConstruction, i.e. the detector geometry and material description
18:00
Adjourn
Adjourn
18:00 - 18:15
Room: 53/R-044
Wednesday 11 May 2022
14:00
Complete the Detector-Construction implementation
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Mihaly Novak
(
CERN
)
Complete the Detector-Construction implementation
Mihaly Novak
(
CERN
)
14:00 - 16:00
Room: 32/S-C22
16:00
Coffee break
Coffee break
16:00 - 16:15
Room: 53/R-044
16:15
Primary particle generation
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Mihaly Novak
(
CERN
)
Primary particle generation
Mihaly Novak
(
CERN
)
16:15 - 18:00
Room: 53/R-044
- a (very basic) look behind multi-threaded Geant4 - introduction of the `G4VUserPrimaryGeneratorAction` and usage - introduction of `G4VUserActionInitialization` interface - implementation of the primary generator of our application
18:00
Adjourn
Adjourn
18:00 - 18:15
Room: 53/R-044
Thursday 12 May 2022
14:00
Complete the primary generator implementation
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Mihaly Novak
(
CERN
)
Complete the primary generator implementation
Mihaly Novak
(
CERN
)
14:00 - 16:00
Room: 53/R-044
16:00
Coffee break
Coffee break
16:00 - 16:15
Room: 53/R-044
16:15
Introduction to (some of) the further Geant4 user actions
-
Mihaly Novak
(
CERN
)
Introduction to (some of) the further Geant4 user actions
Mihaly Novak
(
CERN
)
16:15 - 18:00
Room: 53/R-044
- recapitulation of the related Geant4 concepts (`run`, `event`, `step`) - introduction of the Stepping-, Event- and Run-Actions and the related Geant4 interfaces (`G4UserRunAction`, `G4UserEventAction`, `G4UserSteppingAction`) - implement the remaining user actions of our application
18:00
Adjourn
Adjourn
18:00 - 18:15
Room: 53/R-044
Friday 13 May 2022
14:00
Add some flexibility to our application through UI commands
-
Mihaly Novak
(
CERN
)
Add some flexibility to our application through UI commands
Mihaly Novak
(
CERN
)
14:00 - 16:00
Room: 53/R-044
- introduction to Geant4 UI commands - implement some UI commands to allow e.g. change of the target material, thickness
16:00
Coffee break
Coffee break
16:00 - 16:15
Room: 53/R-044
16:15
Recapitulation
-
Mihaly Novak
(
CERN
)
Recapitulation
Mihaly Novak
(
CERN
)
16:15 - 18:00
Room: 53/R-044
- enjoy using the application that we developed together, compare the results with experimental data - summary of the course and outlook
18:00
Adjourn
Adjourn
18:00 - 18:15
Room: 53/R-044