Speaker
Dr
Ivana Hrivnacova
(IPN)
Description
The Virtual Monte Carlo (VMC) provides the abstract interface
into the Monte Carlo transport codes: Geant3, Geant4 and Fluka.
The user VMC based application, independent from the specific
Monte Carlo codes, can be then run with all three simulation programs.
The VMC has been developed by the ALICE Offline Project and since
then it draw attention in more experimental frameworks.
Since its first release in 2002, the implementation of the VMC
for Geant4 (Geant4 VMC) is in continuous maintenance and development,
mostly driven by the requirements from new, non ALICE, users.
In this presentation we will give an overview and the present status
of this interface. We will report on new features,
such as support for user defined Geant4 classes (the physics list,
detector construction class) or support for Root TGeo geometry definition
and G4Root navigation. We will also discuss the aspects specific
to Geant4 and make a reflection about the strong and weak points
of the VMC approach.
Summary
We will give an overview and the present status of the Geant4 VMC interface.
Author
Dr
Ivana Hrivnacova
(IPN)
