Geant4 School

US/Eastern
CEBAF Center Rm. F113 (Jefferson Lab)

CEBAF Center Rm. F113

Jefferson Lab

Makoto Asai (Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility), Maurizio Ungaro (Jefferson Lab)
Description

Jefferson Lab (Newport News, VA) is organizing a four day Geant4 tutorial course. It will cover all the application domains including high energy and nuclear physics, astrophysics and space engineering, medical applications, and newly arising industrial applications.

The lectures will cover all aspects of the toolkit of Geant4 latest version, from basic installation through advanced topics including multithreading and variance reduction options, and will be interspersed with hands-on sessions that build a progressively more complex application extensible to real use. The course should be of interest both to complete novices and to those who already have some basic familiarity with Geant4. Participants are expected to have a reasonable knowledge of C++ and Linux OS in addition to basic radiation physics.

The tutorial starts in the afternoon of December 7, 2026 (Monday) and runs through the morning of December 11, 2026 (Friday).

The capacity is limited to 60 on a first-come-first-served basis. This tutorial is in-person only and no remote participation is offered. A $130 fee should be paid as a part of the registration process. The fee covers refreshments for Monday through Friday. The Registration Payment Portal is now open and will close on October 30. 

    • 12:30 PM 1:00 PM
      Registration 30m
    • 1:00 PM 3:00 PM
      Tutorial
      • 1:00 PM
        Welcome and introduction 15m
      • 1:15 PM
        Kernel 1 45m
      • 2:00 PM
        User documents and examples 30m
      • 2:30 PM
        User interface 1 30m
    • 3:00 PM 3:20 PM
      break 20m
    • 3:20 PM 5:00 PM
      Hands on
      • 3:20 PM
        Hands on 1 1h 40m
    • 9:00 AM 10:40 AM
      Tutorial
      • 9:00 AM
        Material definition 30m
      • 9:30 AM
        Geometry 1 1h 10m
    • 10:40 AM 11:00 AM
      break 20m
    • 11:00 AM 12:30 PM
      Tutorial
      • 11:00 AM
        Geometry 2 1h
      • 12:00 PM
        Visualization 30m
    • 12:30 PM 1:30 PM
      lunch break 1h
    • 1:30 PM 3:00 PM
      Tutorial
      • 1:30 PM
        Physics overview 45m
      • 2:15 PM
        Scoring 1 45m
    • 3:00 PM 3:20 PM
      break 20m
    • 3:20 PM 5:00 PM
      Hands on
      • 3:20 PM
        Hands on 2 1h 40m
    • 9:00 AM 10:40 AM
      Tutorial
      • 9:00 AM
        Primary particle 30m
      • 9:30 AM
        Decay and optical processes 30m
      • 10:00 AM
        Analysis 40m
    • 10:40 AM 11:00 AM
      break 20m
    • 11:00 AM 12:30 PM
      Tutorial
      • 11:00 AM
        EM physics 1 45m
      • 11:45 AM
        EM physics 2 45m
    • 12:30 PM 1:30 PM
      lunch break 1h
    • 1:30 PM 3:00 PM
      Tutorial
      • 1:30 PM
        Geometry 3 30m
      • 2:00 PM
        Scoring 2 1h
    • 3:00 PM 3:20 PM
      break 20m
    • 3:20 PM 5:00 PM
      Hands on
      • 3:20 PM
        Hands on 3 1h 40m
    • 9:00 AM 10:40 AM
      Tutorial
      • 9:00 AM
        Hadronic physics 1 1h
      • 10:00 AM
        User interface 2 40m
    • 10:40 AM 11:00 AM
      break 20m
    • 11:00 AM 12:30 PM
      Tutorial
      • 11:00 AM
        Hadronic physics 2 45m
      • 11:45 AM
        Geometry 4 45m
    • 12:30 PM 1:30 PM
      lunch break 1h
    • 1:30 PM 3:00 PM
      Tutorial
      • 1:30 PM
        Hadronic physics 3 40m
      • 2:10 PM
        Kernel 2 50m
    • 3:00 PM 3:20 PM
      break 20m
    • 3:20 PM 5:00 PM
      Hands on
      • 3:20 PM
        Hands on 4 1h 40m
    • 9:00 AM 10:40 AM
      Tutorial
      • 9:00 AM
        Event biasing and fast simulation 45m
      • 9:45 AM
        Multithreading and heterogeneous computing 35m
      • 10:20 AM
        Updating Geant4 installation 20m
    • 10:40 AM 11:00 AM
      break 20m
    • 11:00 AM 12:30 PM
      Tutorial
      • 11:00 AM
        Choosing and customizing physics list 45m
      • 11:45 AM
        Q/A and closing remarks 45m
    • 12:30 PM 12:35 PM
      Tutorial adjourn 5m
    • 1:30 PM 5:00 PM
      additional discussion sessions on selected topics