Version: Geant4 5.2 June 2003

User's Documents

Overview

GEANT4 is a toolkit for both full and fast Monte Carlo simulation of detectors in High Energy Physics. It is also designed to take into account the requirements of space and cosmic ray applications, nuclear, heavy ion and radiation computations, and medical applications.

The following document gives you a more complete introduction to Geant4.

• Introduction to Geant4 
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• Installation Guide: For setting up Geant4 in your computing environment 
  We strongly recommend installing the Geant4 toolkit under your computing environment before starting to read the following user's guides. You will gain much more from the user guides if you can check things out with a working version while you are reading them. This installation guide instructs you in the setting up of the Geant4 toolkit on your computer.
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• User's Guide: For Application Developers 
  If you are new to Geant4, we recommend that you read this document first. The first part of the document provides a step-by-step tutorial in the use of Geant4; this is for a novice user. The second part describes the usage of the toolkit for practical applications, with a lot of example codes. After reading this part, you will be able to start to write a detector simulation program for most applications/experiments. The third part is for those who want to make more advanced use of the toolkit.
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• User's Guide: For Toolkit Developers
  This document is for those who want to contribute to the extension of the functionality to the Geant4 toolkit - for example, to add a new physics process, to add a new particle, etc. It starts with the explanation of the object-oriented analysis and design performed by the original toolkit developers. Understanding this design is mandatory for a new toolkit developer. Then guidance on how to extend the functionality of each class category is given.
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• Physics Reference Manual 
  This is a detailed description of the physics interactions provided in the Geant4 toolkit. The theory, model or parameterization of each interaction is discussed.
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  The Physics Reference Manual contains gaps in documentation which correspond to un-implemented interactions. There are also a few sections in which documentation is slight. Improvements in these sections are expected by the next release. Please use this manual until then.
  
  

• Software Reference Manual 
  This is a detailed description of the definitions of classes and their public methods in the toolkit. Sometimes it will take a time to get the view. Please be patient.
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• Bug Reports and Fixes
  Bugs reported and problem tracking system.

• FAQ
  Frequently asked questions from users and answers to them.

• User Support Policy FAQ
  Frequently asked questions from users about support from and interaction with the Geant4 collaboration.