Geant4 Advanced Course @ CERN
from
Tuesday, 26 March 2019 (08:20)
to
Wednesday, 27 March 2019 (18:00)
Monday, 25 March 2019
Tuesday, 26 March 2019
09:00
Introduction
-
Makoto Asai
(
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (US)
)
John Apostolakis
(
CERN
)
Introduction
Makoto Asai
(
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (US)
)
John Apostolakis
(
CERN
)
09:00 - 09:10
Room: 593-R-010 - CERN Training Center
- General introduction to the course
09:10
Geometry II
-
Gabriele Cosmo
(
CERN
)
Geometry II
Gabriele Cosmo
(
CERN
)
09:10 - 10:10
Room: 593-R-010 - CERN Training Center
- Placements, Parameterised and Replicated volumes, introduction - Divided volumes - Geometrical regions - Nested parameterisations - Assembly volumes - Reflected volumes - Geometry optimization - CAD interface - Parallel geometries - Touchables
10:10
Coffee break
Coffee break
10:10 - 10:30
Room: 593-R-010 - CERN Training Center
10:30
Magnetic Field
-
John Apostolakis
(
CERN
)
Magnetic Field
John Apostolakis
(
CERN
)
10:30 - 11:00
Room: 593-R-010 - CERN Training Center
- Magnetic field - Field integration and other types of field
11:00
Physics II
-
Vladimir Ivantchenko
(
CERN
)
Physics II
Vladimir Ivantchenko
(
CERN
)
11:00 - 11:40
Room: 593-R-010 - CERN Training Center
- Particles - Ions - Processes - What happens at a step - Order of initialisation and execution - Cuts - How to prepare custom particle and process
11:40
Hands-on - I
-
John Apostolakis
(
CERN
)
Vladimir Ivantchenko
(
CERN
)
Hands-on - I
John Apostolakis
(
CERN
)
Vladimir Ivantchenko
(
CERN
)
11:40 - 12:30
Room: 593-R-010 - CERN Training Center
- Exercises on magnetic field and EM
12:30
Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 14:00
Room: Restaurant #1 or #2
14:00
Electromagnetic physics II
-
Mihaly Novak
(
CERN
)
Electromagnetic physics II
Mihaly Novak
(
CERN
)
14:00 - 14:40
Room: 593-R-010 - CERN Training Center
- Energy loss - Cuts per region - Models per region - Atomic de-excitation - Multiple and single scattering - Documentation for electromagnetic physics
14:40
Hands-on - II
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Vladimir Ivantchenko
(
CERN
)
Mihaly Novak
(
CERN
)
Hands-on - II
Vladimir Ivantchenko
(
CERN
)
Mihaly Novak
(
CERN
)
14:40 - 15:10
Room: 593-R-010 - CERN Training Center
Exercise on physics processes & setup Electromagnetic examples
15:10
Coffee break
Coffee break
15:10 - 15:25
Room: 593-R-010 - CERN Training Center
15:25
Electromagnetic physics III - Optical Photons
-
Alexander Howard
(
Imperial College (GB)
)
Electromagnetic physics III - Optical Photons
Alexander Howard
(
Imperial College (GB)
)
15:25 - 16:05
Room: 593-R-010 - CERN Training Center
Optical photons - generation, propagation and their physics processes
16:05
Hands-on - III
-
Alexander Howard
(
Imperial College (GB)
)
Vladimir Ivantchenko
(
CERN
)
Mihaly Novak
(
CERN
)
Hands-on - III
Alexander Howard
(
Imperial College (GB)
)
Vladimir Ivantchenko
(
CERN
)
Mihaly Novak
(
CERN
)
16:05 - 17:00
Room: 593-R-010 - CERN Training Center
Exercises and examples focused on - Electromagnetic physics - Optical photon generation and optical processes
Wednesday, 27 March 2019
09:00
Physics Lists
-
Gunter Folger
(
CERN
)
Physics Lists
Gunter Folger
(
CERN
)
09:00 - 09:40
Room: 593-R-010 - CERN Training Center
- Extending a physics list - Use of generic physics list - Physics list builders - User extendible physics list
09:40
Hadronics physics II
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Alberto Ribon
(
CERN
)
Hadronics physics II
Alberto Ribon
(
CERN
)
09:40 - 10:40
Room: 593-R-010 - CERN Training Center
- 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
10:40
Coffee break
Coffee break
10:40 - 11:00
Room: 593-R-010 - CERN Training Center
11:00
Event biasing
-
Makoto Asai
(
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (US)
)
Event biasing
Makoto Asai
(
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (US)
)
11:00 - 11:25
Room: 593-R-010 - CERN Training Center
- Overview - Geometrical biasing - Bremsstrahlung splitting
11:25
Physics Biasing
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Alberto Ribon
(
CERN
)
Makoto Asai
(
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (US)
)
Physics Biasing
Alberto Ribon
(
CERN
)
Makoto Asai
(
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (US)
)
11:25 - 12:05
Room: 593-R-010 - CERN Training Center
Physics biasing techniques
12:05
Definition of UI commands
-
Makoto Asai
(
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (US)
)
Definition of UI commands
Makoto Asai
(
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (US)
)
12:05 - 12:25
Room: 593-R-010 - CERN Training Center
- Definition of custom UI commands
12:25
Lunch break
Lunch break
12:25 - 14:00
Room: Restaurant #1 or #2
14:00
Additional User classes
-
Makoto Asai
(
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (US)
)
Additional User classes
Makoto Asai
(
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (US)
)
14:00 - 14:30
Room: 593-R-010 - CERN Training Center
- User limits - User information classes - Stack management
14:30
Fast Simulation
-
Anna Zaborowska
(
CERN
)
Fast Simulation
Anna Zaborowska
(
CERN
)
14:30 - 15:30
Room: 593-R-010 - CERN Training Center
- Fast parameterised simulation - G4VFastSimulationModel - G4FastSimulationManagerProcess - Use of "Ghost" volumes - Techniques of fast simulation - Demo/Exercises
15:30
Coffee break
Coffee break
15:30 - 15:45
Room: 593-R-010 - CERN Training Center
15:45
Multithreading II
-
Makoto Asai
(
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (US)
)
Multithreading II
Makoto Asai
(
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (US)
)
15:45 - 16:05
Room: 593-R-010 - CERN Training Center
- Thread safety - Reading input file in multithreaded mode
16:05
Questions & Answers
-
Makoto Asai
(
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (US)
)
Gabriele Cosmo
(
CERN
)
John Apostolakis
(
CERN
)
Questions & Answers
Makoto Asai
(
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (US)
)
Gabriele Cosmo
(
CERN
)
John Apostolakis
(
CERN
)
16:05 - 16:45
Room: 593-R-010 - CERN Training Center
Discussion session
16:45
Adjourn
Adjourn
16:45 - 17:05
Room: 593-R-010 - CERN Training Center