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Ivantchenko - GEANT4 LOW ENERGY Geant4 EM Packages
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Geant4 EM packages
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Standard Low-energy
gammas, e+- up to 100 TeV Livermore library g, e- from 250 eV up to 1
hadrons up to 100 TeV GeV
ions up to 100 TeV Livermore library based polarized processes
PENELOPE code rewrite, g, e- , e+ from 250
Muons eV up to 1 GeV (version 2008 version as
up to 1 PeV default)
energy loss propagator hadrons and ions up to 1 GeV
X-rays microdosimetry models for radiobiology
(Geant4-DNA project) from 4 eV to 10 MeV
X-ray and optical photon production processes
atomic de-excitation
High-energy (fluorescence + Auger + PIXE)
processes at high energy (E>10GeV) Adjoint
physics for exotic particles New sub-library for reverse Monte Carlo
Polarisation simulation from the detector of interest back
to source of radiation
simulation of polarised beams
Utils : general EM interfaces
Optical
optical photon interactions
Content
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Context
Physics models
Livermore, including polarized photon models
Penelope
IonICRU73 model
Geant4-DNA
Atomic de-excitation
CONTEXT
Purpose
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A physical process can be simulated according to several models, each model being described by a
model class
Naming scheme : G4ModelNameProcessNameModel
Eg. : G4LivermoreComptonModel for the Livermore Compton model
Models can be alternative and/or complementary in certain energy ranges
PHYSICS MODELS
1) Livermore models
Livermore models
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Electrons
Photo-electric
Hydrogen Photo-electric
Gamma
(tag: 9.2-3) Neon
Conversion
(tag: 9.2-3)
Lead
(tag: 9.2-3)
Electron Range
(tag: 9.2-4)
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Polarized Livermore processes
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Documentation
Nucl. Instrum.Meth. A566: 590-597, 2006 (Photoelectric)
Nucl. Instrum.Meth. A512: 619-630, 2003 (Compton and Rayleigh)
Nucl.Instrum.Meth. A452:298-305,2000 (Pair production)
PHYSICS MODELS
2) Penelope models
Penelope physics
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Geant4 includes the low-energy models for e and gamma-rays from the
Monte Carlo code PENELOPE (PENetration and Energy LOss of Positrons and
Electrons) version 2001 (and 2008 as beta)
Nucl. Instrum. Meth. B 207 (2003) 107
Physics models
Specifically developed by the Barcelona group (F. Salvat et al.)
Great care was dedicated to the low-energy description
n atomic effects, fluorescence, Doppler broadening, etc.
Gammas
Electrons/Positrons
Positrons
PHYSICS MODELS
3) Ions
Ion energy loss model
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n Restricted stopping powers: account for the fact that the continuous energy loss
description is restricted to energies below Tcut
(where Tcut denotes the lower production threshold of -rays)
n Parameterization approach
n Model incorporates ICRU 73 stopping powers into Geant4
n ICRU73 model
n Covers a large range of ion-material combinations: Li to Ar, and Fe
n Stopping powers: based on binary theory
n Special case: water
n Revised ICRU 73 tables of P. Sigmund are used (since Geant4 9.3.b01)
n Mean ionization potential of water of 78 eV
n Current model parameters (Geant4 9.3.b01):
n THigh = 10 MeV/nucleon (except Fe ions: TH = 1 GeV/nucleon)
n TLow = 0.025 MeV/nucleon (lower boundary of ICRU 73 tables)
n For ions heavier than Ar
n Scaling of Fe ions based on effective charge approach
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PHYSICS MODELS
4) Geant4-DNA
Geant4 for microdosimetry in radiobiology
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Objective : adapt the general purpose Geant4 Monte Carlo toolkit for the
simulation of interactions of radiation with biological systems at the cellular and
DNA level ( microdosimetry )
Applications :
Radiobiology, radiotherapy and hadrontherapy
(eg. early prediction of direct & non-direct DNA strand breaks from ionising radiation)
Radioprotection for human exploration of Solar system
Not limited to biological materials (ex. DNA bases)
PHYSICS MODELS
5) Atomic de-excitation
Atomic effects
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Atomic de-excitation simulation is now compatible with both Standard & Low Energy
EM categories
Livermore, Penelope, Standard electromagnetic, and Geant4-DNA processes
photoelectric effect, ionization and Compton scattering
Including atomic effects
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When using Geant4 reference physics lists or physics builders, activation can be easily controlled UI commands for the whole
geometry:
/run/initialize
/process/em/fluo true
/process/em/auger true
/process/em/pixe true
Fluorescence is activated by default in Livermore and Penelope physics builders while Auger production and PIXE are not.
The activation of atomic deexcitation in a user physics list can be done using the G4EmProcessOptions class:
G4EmProcessOptions emOptions;
emOptions.SetFluo(true); // To activate deexcitation processes and fluorescence
emOptions.SetAuger(true); // To activate Auger effect if deexcitation is activated
emOptions.SetPIXE(true); // To activate Particle Induced X-Ray Emission (PIXE)
See more details at our atomic deexcitation web-page:
https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/Geant4/LoweAtomicDeexcitation
Examples to start from
see $G4INSTALL/examples/extended/electromagnetic/TestEm5 or 18
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HOW TO IMPLEMENT A
PHYSICS LIST ?
Physics lists
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A user can
use reference Physics lists provided with Geant4 (QBBC, .)
build his/her own Physics list in his/her application
or use already available EM physics constructors
2. More safe: if you prefer to use the available constructors, these are named as:
G4EmLivermorePhysics
G4EmLivermorePolarizedPhysics
G4EmPenelopePhysics
G4EmDNAPhysics
How to use the already available
Physics constructors ?
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The source code for Physics list constructors is available in the following
directory: $G4INSTALL/source/physics_list/builders
The physics lists constructors are added to the Geant4 reference Physics lists
via the method RegisterPhysics (G4VPhysicsConstructor*)
see $G4INSTALL/source/physics_lists/lists subdirectory
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DOCUMENTATION
Web sites
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https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/Geant4/ElectromagneticPhysics
Low Energy WG TWiki
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https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/Geant4/LowEnergyElectromagneticPhysicsWorkingGroup
Summary: when/why to use Low Energy Models ?
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THANK YOU
How to use the new model ?
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