2020 Session 2

Geometry, User Interface

Objectives

Online Notes

Presentations

  • Material Definition ( slides )
    • System of Units, Defining elements, materials and mixtures, NIST Material database
  • Geometry ( slides )
    • Detector geometry modeling (G4VUserDetectorConstruction), Volume hierarchy, Solids, Regions
  • User Documents ( slides )
    • Geant4 Web site, Users Guides, Examples, HyperNews, Reporting Bugs
  • User Interface
    • Geant4 User Interfaces overview, Syntax of UI command, Interactive mode / batch mode, Macro file, G4UIExecutive class ( slides )
    • Defining UI and visualization in main()( slides )

Exercise

  • Implement geometry from given parameters
  • Inspect geometry