Geant4 User's Guide for Toolkit Developers
Geant4 User's Guide for Toolkit Developers
Geant4 Collaboration
Version: geant4 9.6.0
30th November, 2012
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
1.1. Scope of this manual
1.2. How to use this manual
1.3. User Requirements Document
2. Design and Function of Geant4 Categories
2.1. Introduction
2.2. Run
2.2.1. Design Philosophy
2.2.2. Class Design
2.3. Event
2.3.1. Design Philosophy
2.3.2. Class Design
2.4. Tracking
2.4.1. Design Philosophy
2.4.2. Class Design
2.4.3. Tracking Algorithm
2.4.4. Interaction with Physics Processes
2.4.5. Ordering of Methods of Physics Processes
2.5. Physics Processes
2.5.1. Design Philosophy
2.5.2. Class Design
2.6. Hits and Digitization
2.6.1. Design Philosophy
2.6.2. Class Design
2.7. Geometry
2.7.1. Design Philosopy
2.7.2. Class Design
2.7.3. Additional Geometry Diagrams
2.8. Electromagnetic Fields
2.9. Particles
2.9.1. Design Philosophy
2.9.2. Class Design
2.10. Materials
2.10.1. Design Philosophy
2.10.2. Class Design
2.11. Global Usage
2.11.1. Design Philosophy
2.11.2. Class Design
2.12. Visualisation
2.12.1. Design Philosophy
2.12.2. The Graphics Interfaces
2.12.3. The Geant4 Visualisation System
2.12.4. Modeling sub-category
2.12.5. View parameters
2.12.6. Visualisation Attributes
2.13. Intercoms
2.13.1. Design Philosophy
2.13.2. Class Design
3. Extending Toolkit Functionality
3.1. Geometry
3.1.1. What can be extended ?
3.1.2. Adding a new type of Solid
3.1.3. Modifying the Navigator
3.2. Electromagnetic Fields
3.2.1. Creating a New Type of Field
3.3. Particles
3.3.1. Properties of particles
3.3.2. Adding New Particles
3.4. Physics Processes
3.5. Hadronic Physics
3.5.1. Introduction
3.5.2. Principal Considerations
3.5.3. Level 1 Framework - processes
3.5.4. Level 2 Framework - Cross Sections and Models
3.5.5. Level 3 Framework - Theoretical Models
3.5.6. Level 4 Frameworks - String Parton Models and Intra-Nuclear Cascade
3.5.7. Level 5 Framework - String De-excitation}
3.6. Visualisation
3.6.1. Creating a new graphics driver
3.6.2. Enhanced Trajectory Drawing
3.6.3. Trajectory Filtering
3.6.4. Other Resources
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