Getting Started with Geant4 - Running a Simple Example

• How to Define the main() Program
  • A Sample main() Method
  • G4RunManager
  • User Initialization and Action Classes
  • G4UImanager and UI CommandSubmission
  • G4cout, G4cerr and G4debug
• How to Define a Detector Geometry
  • Basic Concepts
  • Create a Simple Volume
  • Choose a Solid
  • Create a Logical Volume
  • Place a Volume
  • Create a Physical Volume
  • Coordinate Systems and Rotations
• How to Specify Materials in the Detector
  • General Considerations
  • Define a Simple Material
  • Define a Molecule
  • Define a Mixture by Fractional Mass
  • Define a Material from the Geant4 Material Database
  • Define a Material from the Base Material
  • Print Material Information
  • Access to Geant4 material database
• How to Specify Particles
  • Particle Definition
  • Range Cuts
• How to Specify Physics Processes
  • Physics Processes
  • Managing Processes
  • Specifying Physics Processes
• How to Generate a Primary Event
  • Generating Primary Events
  • G4VPrimaryGenerator
• Geant4 General Particle Source
  • Introduction
  • Configuration
  • Macro Commands
  • Example Macro File
• How to Make an Executable Program
  • Using CMake to Build Applications
  • Use of Geant4Config.cmake with find_package in CMake
• How to Set Up an Interactive Session
  • Introduction
  • A Short Description of Available Interfaces
  • How to Select Interface in Your Applications
• How to Execute a Program
  • Introduction
  • ‘Hard-coded’ Batch Mode
  • Batch Mode with Macro File
  • Interactive Mode Driven by Command Lines
  • General Case
• How to Visualize the Detector and Events
  • Introduction
  • Visualization Drivers
  • How to Incorporate Visualization Drivers into an Executable
  • Writing the main() Method to Include Visualization
  • Sample Visualization Sessions
  • For More Information on Geant4 Visualization