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Tutorial on Geant4 for users interested to begin or improve their usage of Geant4. Appropriate for creating applications in any domain, with emphasis on topics most relevant to experiments in High Energy or Nuclear Physics. This is a hands-on tutorial course based on Geant4 version 11.3.
Lectures will cover all aspects of Geant4 from the basic building blocks of Geant4 through intermediate topics, interspersed with examples that build a progressively more complex application extensible to real use.
The course is expected to be of interest to novices and those with basic or partial familiarity with Geant4. Participants are expected to have a reasonable knowledge of C++.
Registration
The cost for the course is 100 ChF. Pre-registration is required as capacity is limited. Initially registration is open only for users with CERN affiliation (experiment or other), until 10 February 2025.
Remaining places will available for other prospective or current Geant4 users to register on a first-come, first-serve basis. Please note that if you require an invoice, you must request it before you complete payment.
Your registration will only be complete after you have paid the applicable course fee.
Preinstallation of Geant4 is Required
Users must setup a desktop or laptop capable of running Geant4, equipped with an internet connection. Minimum required free disk space to install the Geant4 Virtual Machine is about 30 GB; the recommended amount of RAM is 8 GB or over.
We expect each participant to have a working installation of Geant4 before the course starts. A prepatory zoom session will be organised for anyone with issues with the installation of Geant4 and related libraries, to address related questions or difficulties.
The Geant4 Virtual Machine (see instructions) will be the only supported installation of Geant4 for the course. Users must have this installed on their machine, to undertake the exercises in an environment which supports all necessary functionality.
An additional, alternative installation can be created by users, with native compilers. Supported systems and C++ compilers for this are listed in the Geant4 Installation Guide. If you have questions about whether your machine is appropriate, or problems about installing Geant4, see the Geant4 Installation Guide, and/or the Geant4 Installation and Configuration Discussion Forum.
Pre-requisites:
- Basic knowledge of the C++ language
- Basic knowledge of MC simulation techniques
- Availability of a machine with Virtual Machine pre-installed
Objectives:
- Acquire basic understanding of particle transport Monte Carlo
- Acquire basic knowledge and experience in using the Geant4 simulation toolkit
