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Geant4 Advanced Course 2022 @ CERN

10–14 Oct 2022
CERN
Europe/Zurich timezone

Geant4 Training 2022

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  1. 49. Welcome and Practicalities
    John Apostolakis (CERN)
    10/10/2022, 14:00
    • Welcome to the course
    • Practical aspects - Zoom, Mattermost, Questions, ...
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  2. 1. Overview
    John Apostolakis (CERN)
    10/10/2022, 14:10
    • An overview of the topics covered in the course - and how they fit
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  3. 22. Physics: particles and processes
    Vladimir Ivantchenko (CERN)
    10/10/2022, 14:30
    • Particles
    • Ions
    • Processes
    • What happens at a step
    • Order of initialisation and execution
    • Cuts
    • How to prepare custom particle and process
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  4. 23. Electromagnetic physics
    Vladimir Ivantchenko (CERN)
    10/10/2022, 15:50
    • Energy loss
    • Cuts per region
    • Models per region
    • Atomic de-excitation
    • Multiple and single scattering
    • Documentation for electromagnetic physics
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  5. 39. Hadronic Physics - I
    Alberto Ribon (CERN)
    10/10/2022, 16:55

    Introduction (what is it, why we need it, what are the challenges)
    Overview of the hadronic physics framework
    Hadronic cross-sections
    Hadronic final-state models
    Hadronic data libraries

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  6. 8. Discussion
    Alberto Ribon (CERN), John Apostolakis (CERN), Vladimir Ivantchenko (CERN)
    10/10/2022, 17:45
    • EM physics
    • Hadronic physics
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  7. 36. Geometry
    Gabriele Cosmo (CERN)
    11/10/2022, 14:00
    • Placements, Replicated and Parameterised volumes, introduction
    • Divided volumes
    • Geometrical regions
    • Touchables and Nested parameterisations
    • Assembly volumes
    • Reflected volumes
    • Geometry optimization
    • Parallel geometries
    • Moving geometries
    • CAD interface
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  8. 48. Discussion
    Dr Gabriele Cosmo (CERN), John Apostolakis (CERN)
    11/10/2022, 15:15

    Geometry

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  9. 21. Magnetic Field
    John Apostolakis (CERN)
    11/10/2022, 16:00
    • Magnetic field
    • Field integration and other types of field
    • Steppers & Interpolation
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  10. 47. Discussion
    John Apostolakis (CERN)
    11/10/2022, 17:15

    Magnetic Field

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  11. 50. Homework of Day 1
    11/10/2022, 17:35

    Questions from exercises provided on Day 1

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  12. 17. Multithreading
    John Apostolakis (CERN)
    12/10/2022, 14:00
    • Why use multi-threading in Geant4
    • What data is shared between threads
    • User commands to control threading and regular and error output
    • User code / actions in multi-threaded (MT) mode
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  13. 6. Scoring
    Makoto Asai
    12/10/2022, 14:50
    • Introduction to Scoring
    • Command-based scoring
    • Sensitive detector vs. primitive scorer
    • Basic structure of detector sensitivity
    • Sensitive detectors and hits
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  14. 16. Additional User classes
    Makoto Asai
    12/10/2022, 16:00
    • User limits
    • User information classes
    • Stack management
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  15. 28. Definition of UI commands
    Makoto Asai
    12/10/2022, 16:30
    • G4UIExecutive
    • Definition of custom UI commands
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  16. 40. Discussion on UI, user actions and scoring
    Makoto Asai
    12/10/2022, 16:50
    • UI commands
    • User actions
    • Scoring
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  17. 19. Questions & Answers
    12/10/2022, 17:15

    General discussion on topics raised on Mattermost

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  18. 24. Electromagnetic physics II - Optical Photons
    Alexander Howard (Imperial College (GB))
    13/10/2022, 14:00

    Optical photons - generation, propagation and their physics processes

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  19. 37. Discussion
    Alexander Howard (Imperial College (GB))
    13/10/2022, 15:00

    Optical Physics

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  20. 13. Physics Lists
    Gunter Folger
    13/10/2022, 15:30
    • Introduction to Physics Lists
    • The Geant4 Physics List interface
    • Using pre-packaged physics lists
    • How to choose a physics list
    • Examples
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  21. 18. Hadronics physics II
    Alberto Ribon (CERN)
    13/10/2022, 16:40
    • Pre-compound and de-excitation models
    • Intra-nuclear cascade models (Bertini, Binary, Liege (INCL))
    • String models (Fritiof, Quark Gluon String)
    • Capture/stopping models
    • Fission models
    • Elastic process
    • Neutron physics
    • Ion physics
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  22. 38. Discussion
    Alberto Ribon (CERN), Gunter Folger
    13/10/2022, 17:20
    • Physics lists
    • Hadronic physics
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  23. 29. Event Biasing
    Marc Verderi (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))
    14/10/2022, 14:00
    • Introduction
    • Early Provided Biasing Options
    • Primary Particle Biasing
    • Options In Hadronic
    • Geometry-based importance biasing
    • Weight Window Technique
    • User defined biasing
    • Reverse Monte-Carlo
    • Generic Biasing Scheme
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  24. 33. Physics Biasing
    Alberto Ribon (CERN)
    14/10/2022, 14:50

    Physics biasing techniques

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  25. 34. Discussion
    Alberto Ribon (CERN), Marc Verderi (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))
    14/10/2022, 15:20
    • Event biasing
    • Physics biasing
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  26. 30. Fast Simulation
    Alberto Ribon (CERN), Anna Zaborowska (CERN)
    14/10/2022, 16:00
    • Fast parameterised simulation
    • G4VFastSimulationModel
    • G4FastSimulationManagerProcess
    • Use of "Ghost" volumes
    • Techniques of fast simulation
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  27. 35. Questions & Answers
    14/10/2022, 17:00

    General discussion
    Answers on topics raised on Mattermost

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  28. 43. Additional User classes (repeat)
    John Apostolakis (CERN), Makoto Asai
    • User limits
    • User information classes
    • Stack management
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  29. 31. Afternoon Session 1
  30. 32. Afternoon Session 2
  31. 42. Definition of UI commands (repeat of morning)
    John Apostolakis (CERN), Makoto Asai
    • G4UIExecutive
    • Definition of custom UI commands
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  32. 44. Discussion
    John Apostolakis (CERN)
    • UI commands
    • User actions
    • Scoring
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  33. 15. Event biasing
    Makoto Asai
    • Overview
    • Geometrical biasing
    • Bremsstrahlung splitting
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  34. 26. Fast Simulation
    Anna Zaborowska (CERN)
    • Fast parameterised simulation
    • G4VFastSimulationModel
    • G4FastSimulationManagerProcess
    • Use of "Ghost" volumes
    • Techniques of fast simulation
    • Demo/Exercises
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  35. 12. Generators
    Witold Pokorski (CERN)
    • G4VUserPrimaryGeneratorAction class
    • Primary vertex and primary particle
    • Built-in primary particle generators
    • Interfaces with external generators
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  36. 10. Geometry - I
    Gabriele Cosmo (CERN)
    • G4VUserDetectorConstruction class
    • Geometrical shapes: solids
    • Logical & Physical volumes
    • Placements, Parametrised, Replicated volumes, basics
    • Geometry checking tools
    • GDML interface
    • Magnetic field, basics
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  37. 20. Geometry I
    Gabriele Cosmo (CERN)
    • G4VUserDetectorConstruction class
    • Geometrical shapes: solids
    • Logical & Physical volumes
    • Placements, Parametrised, Replicated volumes, basics
    • Geometry checking tools
    • GDML interface
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  38. 11. Hands-on - II
    Mihaly Novak (CERN), Vladimir Ivantchenko (CERN)

    Exercise on physics processes & setup
    Electromagnetic examples

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  39. 9. Material Definition
    Mihaly Novak (CERN)
    • Defining Materials
    • NIST Material database
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  40. 7. Multithreading - I
    John Apostolakis (CERN)
    • Introduction to multithreading
    • UI commands for multithreading
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  41. 46. Multithreading II
    John Apostolakis (CERN)
    • thread safety
    • split classes
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  42. 25. Open Discussion
    Alexander Howard (Imperial College (GB)), John Apostolakis (CERN), Mihaly Novak (CERN), Vladimir Ivantchenko (CERN)

    Any Geant4 topic - submit questions on Mattermost

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  43. 14. Particles and processes
    Vladimir Ivantchenko (CERN)
    • Particles
    • Processes
    • What happens at a step
    • Cuts
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  44. 27. Physics Biasing
    Alberto Ribon (CERN), Makoto Asai

    Physics biasing techniques

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  45. 45. Practicalities (repeat - adapted)
    John Apostolakis (CERN)
    • Welcome to the (time-shifted) course
    • Practical aspects - Zoom, Mattermost, Questions, ...
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  46. 41. Scoring (repeat)
    John Apostolakis (CERN), Makoto Asai
    • Sensitive detectors & Hits
    • Basic scoring commands
    • Advanced scoring
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  47. 5. User Actions, Hits and Digits
    Witold Pokorski (CERN)
    • Mandatory user actions
    • Optional user actions
    • Sensitive detectors
    • Hit/digits collections
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  48. 2. User Documents and Examples
    Gunter Folger
    • Installation Guide
    • Application & Toolkit developers manuals
    • Physics reference manual
    • Basic examples in Geant4 distribution
    • Extended and advanced examples in Geant4 distribution
    • GitHub, LXR source code browser
    • Reporting problems/requirements, HyperNews
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  49. 3. User Interface - I
    Mihaly Novak (CERN)
    • Syntax of UI command
    • Interactive mode / batch mode
    • G4UIExecutive class
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  50. 4. Visualization - I
    Mihaly Novak (CERN)
    • Introduction to Visualization
    • Quick Looks at Visualization Drivers
    • Basic Visualization Commands
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