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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.

    • Registration
    • Tutorial
      • 1
        Welcome and introduction
        Speakers: Amber Boehnlein (JLAB), Dr Makoto Asai (Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility)
      • 2
        Kernel 1
        Speaker: Dr Makoto Asai (Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility)
    • 10:40 AM
      break
    • Tutorial
      • 3
        User documents and examples
        Speaker: Maurizio Ungaro (Jefferson Lab)
      • 4
        User interface 1
        Speaker: Dr Makoto Asai (Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility)
      • 5
        Visualization
        Speaker: Maurizio Ungaro (Jefferson Lab)
    • 12:30 PM
      lunch break
    • Tutorial
      • 6
        Physics overview
        Speaker: Dennis Wright (Geant4 AI)
      • 7
        Primary particle
        Speaker: Dr Makoto Asai (Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility)
      • 8
        Decay and optical processes
        Speaker: Dennis Wright (Geant4 AI)
    • 3:00 PM
      break
    • Hands on
    • Tutorial
      • 9
        Material definition
        Speaker: Maurizio Ungaro (Jefferson Lab)
      • 10
        Geometry 1
        Speaker: Dr Makoto Asai (Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility)
    • 10:40 AM
      break
    • Tutorial
      • 11
        Geometry 2
        Speaker: Dr Makoto Asai (Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility)
      • 12
        Analysis
        Speaker: Maurizio Ungaro (Jefferson Lab)
    • 12:30 PM
      lunch break
    • Tutorial
      • 13
        EM physics 1
        Speaker: Maurizio Ungaro (Jefferson Lab)
      • 14
        Scoring 1
        Speaker: Dr Makoto Asai (Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility)
    • 3:00 PM
      break
    • Hands on
    • Tutorial
      • 15
        EM physics 2
        Speaker: Dennis Wright (Geant4 AI)
      • 16
        Scoring 2
        Speaker: Dr Makoto Asai (Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility)
    • 10:40 AM
      break
    • Tutorial
      • 17
        Geometry 3
        Speaker: Dennis Wright (Geant4 AI)
      • 18
        Hadronic physics 1
        Speaker: Maurizio Ungaro (Jefferson Lab)
    • 12:30 PM
      lunch break
    • Tutorial
      • 19
        Hadronic physics 2
        Speaker: Dennis Wright (Geant4 AI)
      • 20
        User interface 2
        Speaker: Dr Makoto Asai (Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility)
    • 3:00 PM
      break
    • Hands on
    • Tutorial
      • 21
        Hadronic physics 3
        Speaker: Dennis Wright (Geant4 AI)
      • 22
        Geometry 4
        Speaker: Dr Makoto Asai (Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility)
      • 23
        Event biasing and fast simulation
        Speaker: Dennis Wright (Geant4 AI)
    • 10:40 AM
      break
    • Tutorial
      • 24
        Choosing and customizing physics list
        Speaker: Dennis Wright (Geant4 AI)
      • 25
        Kernel 2
        Speaker: Dr Makoto Asai (Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility)
    • 12:30 PM
      lunch break
    • Hands on
    • 3:30 PM
      break
    • Tutorial
      • 26
        Multithreading and heterogeneous computing
        Speaker: Dr Makoto Asai (Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility)
      • 27
        Updating Geant4 installation
        Speaker: Maurizio Ungaro (Jefferson Lab)
      • 28
        Q/A and concluding remarks
        Speakers: Dr Makoto Asai (Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility), Maurizio Ungaro (Jefferson Lab), Dennis Wright (Geant4 AI)
    • Additional discussions
    • 12:00 PM
      lunch break
    • Additional discussions