Name: Getting Started with Geant4
Start: 2020-01-21T08:30:00+01:00
End: 2020-01-23T18:00:00+01:00
Location: CERN

Getting Started with Geant4

from Tuesday, 21 January 2020 (08:30) to Thursday, 23 January 2020 (18:00)

Monday, 20 January 2020
Tuesday, 21 January 2020
09:10 An introduction to Geant4 - Mihaly Novak (CERN)
An introduction to Geant4
- Mihaly Novak (CERN)
09:10 - 10:35
Room: 31/3-004 - IT Amphitheatre What is Geant4 ? How is a Geant4 application constructed ?
10:35 Coffee break
Coffee break
10:35 - 10:55
Room: 31/3-009 - IT Amphitheatre Coffee Area
10:55 A first Geant4 application - Mihaly Novak (CERN)
A first Geant4 application
- Mihaly Novak (CERN)
10:55 - 12:55
Room: 31/3-004 - IT Amphitheatre Checking the Geant4 installation Compiling and running a Geant4 application Interacting with a Geant4 application: first steps
12:55 Lunch
Lunch
12:55 - 14:10
Room: Restaurant #1 or #2
14:10 Creating and visualising a detector / setup - Mihaly Novak (CERN)
Creating and visualising a detector / setup
- Mihaly Novak (CERN)
14:10 - 15:40
Room: 31/3-004 - IT Amphitheatre Hands on exercises on - A first Geant4 geometry - Visualising the setup
15:40 Coffee break
Coffee break
15:40 - 15:55
Room: 31/3-009 - IT Amphitheatre Coffee Area

15:55 Describing a detector
Describing a detector
15:55 - 17:40
Room: 31/3-004 - IT Amphitheatre Building a geometry: new features and further exercises - placing volumes - first materials
Wednesday, 22 January 2020
09:10 Materials in Geant4 - Mihaly Novak (CERN)
Materials in Geant4
- Mihaly Novak (CERN)
09:10 - 10:55
Room: 31/3-004 - IT Amphitheatre Creating materials for a setup - overview and exercises
10:55 Coffee break
Coffee break
10:55 - 11:10
Room: 31/3-009 - IT Amphitheatre Coffee Area
11:10 Configurable setups - Mihaly Novak (CERN)
Configurable setups
- Mihaly Novak (CERN)
11:10 - 12:45
Room: 31/3-004 - IT Amphitheatre How to change the material of a volume via user command
12:45 Lunch break
Lunch break
12:45 - 14:10
Room: Restaurant #1 or #2

14:10 Extracting information
Extracting information
14:10 - 15:40
Room: 31/3-004 - IT Amphitheatre Creating user actions to measure observables (energy deposition)

15:40 Coffee break
Coffee break
15:40 - 15:55
Room: 31/3-009 - IT Amphitheatre Coffee Area

15:55 How can I intervene ?
How can I intervene ?
15:55 - 17:10
Room: 31/3-004 - IT Amphitheatre What other hooks does Geant4 provide for the user to record, configure/change behaviour ? A tour of Geant4 user actions, with exercises to demonstrate key aspects

17:10 Adjourn
Adjourn
17:10 - 17:30
Room: 31/3-004 - IT Amphitheatre
Thursday, 23 January 2020
09:10 More on Geant4 User actions - Mihaly Novak (CERN)
More on Geant4 User actions
- Mihaly Novak (CERN)
09:10 - 10:50
Room: 31/3-004 - IT Amphitheatre
10:50 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:50 - 11:10
Room: 31/3-004 - IT Amphitheatre
11:10 Controlling Geant4 applications - Mihaly Novak (CERN)
Controlling Geant4 applications
- Mihaly Novak (CERN)
11:10 - 12:40
Room: 31/3-004 - IT Amphitheatre How to create your own User Command
12:40 Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:40 - 14:10
Room: 31/3-004 - IT Amphitheatre

14:10 The next steps
The next steps
14:10 - 15:40
Room: 31/3-004 - IT Amphitheatre A taste of some of the most useful Geant4 features - Creating a magnetic field - First steps with multi-threading

15:40 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:40 - 15:55
Room: 31/3-004 - IT Amphitheatre

15:55 Questions and Answers
Questions and Answers
15:55 - 16:55
Room: 31/3-004 - IT Amphitheatre Discussion session

16:55 Adjourn
Adjourn
16:55 - 17:15
Room: 31/3-004 - IT Amphitheatre

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