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Geant4 Tutorial Course

US/Eastern
CEBAF Center room F113 (Jefferson Lab)

CEBAF Center room 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 tutorial course based on Geant4 version 11.3.p02. 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 version 11.3.p02 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 morning of August 18th, 2025 (Monday) and runs through the afternoon of August 21st, 2025 (Thursday) with additional discussion sessions on August 22nd, 2025 (Friday) for selected topics.

 

The capacity is limited to 50 on a first-come-first-served basis. This tutorial is in-person only and no remote participation is offered. The registration fee is $120 that should be paid as a part of the registration process. The fee covers refreshments for Monday through Thursday.

    • 9:00 AM 9:30 AM
      Registration
    • 9:30 AM 10:40 AM
      Tutorial
      • 9:30 AM
        Welcome and introduction 15m
        Speakers: Amber Boehnlein (JLAB), Dr Makoto Asai (Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility)
      • 9:45 AM
        Kernel 1 55m
        Speaker: Dr Makoto Asai (Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility)
    • 10:40 AM 11:00 AM
      break 20m
    • 11:00 AM 12:30 PM
      Tutorial
      • 11:00 AM
        User documents and examples 30m
        Speaker: Maurizio Ungaro (Jefferson Lab)
      • 11:30 AM
        User interface 1 30m
        Speaker: Dr Makoto Asai (Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility)
      • 12:00 PM
        Visualization 30m
        Speaker: Maurizio Ungaro (Jefferson Lab)
    • 12:30 PM 1:30 PM
      lunch break 1h
    • 1:30 PM 3:00 PM
      Tutorial
      • 1:30 PM
        Physics overview 40m
        Speaker: Dennis Wright (Geant4 AI)
      • 2:10 PM
        Primary particle 30m
        Speaker: Dr Makoto Asai (Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility)
      • 2:40 PM
        Decay and optical processes 20m
        Speaker: Dennis Wright (Geant4 AI)
    • 3:00 PM 3:20 PM
      break 20m
    • 3:20 PM 5:20 PM
      Hands on
    • 9:00 AM 10:40 AM
      Tutorial
      • 9:00 AM
        Material definition 30m
        Speaker: Maurizio Ungaro (Jefferson Lab)
      • 9:30 AM
        Geometry 1 1h 10m
        Speaker: Dr Makoto Asai (Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility)
    • 10:40 AM 11:00 AM
      break 20m
    • 11:00 AM 12:30 PM
      Tutorial
      • 11:00 AM
        Geometry 2 1h
        Speaker: Dr Makoto Asai (Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility)
      • 12:00 PM
        Analysis 30m
        Speaker: Maurizio Ungaro (Jefferson Lab)
    • 12:30 PM 1:30 PM
      lunch break 1h
    • 1:30 PM 3:00 PM
      Tutorial
      • 1:30 PM
        EM physics 1 45m
        Speaker: Maurizio Ungaro (Jefferson Lab)
      • 2:15 PM
        Scoring 1 45m
        Speaker: Dr Makoto Asai (Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility)
    • 3:00 PM 3:20 PM
      break 20m
    • 3:20 PM 5:20 PM
      Hands on
    • 9:00 AM 10:40 AM
      Tutorial
      • 9:00 AM
        EM physics 2 40m
        Speaker: Dennis Wright (Geant4 AI)
      • 9:40 AM
        Scoring 2 1h
        Speaker: Dr Makoto Asai (Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility)
    • 10:40 AM 11:00 AM
      break 20m
    • 11:00 AM 12:30 PM
      Tutorial
      • 11:00 AM
        Geometry 3 30m
        Speaker: Dennis Wright (Geant4 AI)
      • 11:30 AM
        Hadronic physics 1 1h
        Speaker: Maurizio Ungaro (Jefferson Lab)
    • 12:30 PM 1:30 PM
      lunch break 1h
    • 1:30 PM 3:00 PM
      Tutorial
      • 1:30 PM
        Hadronic physics 2 45m
        Speaker: Dennis Wright (Geant4 AI)
      • 2:15 PM
        User interface 2 45m
        Speaker: Dr Makoto Asai (Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility)
    • 3:00 PM 3:20 PM
      break 20m
    • 3:20 PM 5:20 PM
      Hands on
    • 9:00 AM 10:40 AM
      Tutorial
      • 9:00 AM
        Hadronic physics 3 30m
        Speaker: Dennis Wright (Geant4 AI)
      • 9:30 AM
        Geometry 4 40m
        Speaker: Dr Makoto Asai (Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility)
      • 10:10 AM
        Event biasing and fast simulation 30m
        Speaker: Dennis Wright (Geant4 AI)
    • 10:40 AM 11:00 AM
      break 20m
    • 11:00 AM 12:30 PM
      Tutorial
      • 11:00 AM
        Choosing and customizing physics list 45m
        Speaker: Dennis Wright (Geant4 AI)
      • 11:45 AM
        Kernel 2 45m
        Speaker: Dr Makoto Asai (Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility)
    • 12:30 PM 1:30 PM
      lunch break 1h
    • 1:30 PM 3:30 PM
      Hands on
    • 3:30 PM 3:50 PM
      break 20m
    • 3:50 PM 5:00 PM
      Tutorial
      • 3:50 PM
        Multithreading and heterogeneous computing 30m
        Speaker: Dr Makoto Asai (Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility)
      • 4:20 PM
        Updating Geant4 installation 20m
        Speaker: Maurizio Ungaro (Jefferson Lab)
      • 4:40 PM
        Q/A and concluding remarks 20m
        Speakers: Dr Makoto Asai (Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility), Maurizio Ungaro (Jefferson Lab), Dennis Wright (Geant4 AI)
    • 9:00 AM 12:00 PM
      Additional discussions
    • 12:00 PM 1:00 PM
      lunch break 1h
    • 1:00 PM 5:00 PM
      Additional discussions