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| 2 | Geant4 5.0 - patch-01 Release Notes |
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| 3 | ----------------------------------- |
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| 4 | |
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| 5 | 24th February 2003 |
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| 6 | |
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| 7 | List of fixes included in this public patch to release 5.0: |
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| 8 | |
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| 9 | o Config: |
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| 10 | ------ |
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| 11 | - Added experimental setup WIN32-VC7.gmk for Windows .NET VC++ compiler. |
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| 12 | - Generalised identification of WIN32 specific setups in core scripts. |
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| 13 | - Forced silent generation of dependencies. |
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| 14 | - Configure script: fixed GNUmakefile access problem for correct execution |
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| 15 | of flags/libs command options. Added automatic recognition of 'Darwin' OS. |
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| 16 | - source/GNUmakefile: included patch to release 5.0. |
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| 17 | |
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| 18 | o Electromagnetic processes (low-energy): |
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| 19 | -------------------------------------- |
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| 20 | - Minor fix in G4QAOLowEnergyLoss to use G4Poisson distribution. |
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| 21 | |
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| 22 | o Electromagnetic processes (standard): |
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| 23 | ------------------------------------ |
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| 24 | + standard: |
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| 25 | - Fix for compound materials in G4eBremsstrahlungModel. |
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| 26 | - Minor fix in G4PAIonisation and G4PAIxSection to use G4Poisson |
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| 27 | distribution. |
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| 28 | + muons: |
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| 29 | - Fix for compound materials in G4MuBremsstrahlungModel and |
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| 30 | G4MuPairProductionModel. |
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| 31 | + xrays: |
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| 32 | - G4VXTRenergyLoss: removed reduntant headers inclusions and ordered |
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| 33 | inclusion for complex numbers to allow porting on Windows .NET VC++. |
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| 34 | - Minor fix in G4Cerenkov, G4ForwardXrayTR and G4VXTRenergyLoss to use |
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| 35 | G4Poisson distribution. |
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| 36 | |
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| 37 | o General processes: |
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| 38 | ----------------- |
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| 39 | + optical: |
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| 40 | - Fix in calculation of polarization for perpendicular incidence |
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| 41 | in G4OpBoundaryProcess. Fixes bug report #442. |
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| 42 | |
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| 43 | o Geometry: |
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| 44 | -------- |
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| 45 | + magnetic-field: |
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| 46 | - Removed some redundant inclusions of headers. |
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| 47 | + management: |
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| 48 | - G4VSolid.cc: restored original conditions for extent clipping in |
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| 49 | method ClipPolygon(). |
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| 50 | + solids/Boolean: |
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| 51 | - Added set/get functions Set/GetVolumesNameExtension() for volume-name |
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| 52 | extension in G4ReflectionFactory. By default now the factory assigns |
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| 53 | "_refl" postfix to name of reflected volumes/solids. |
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| 54 | - Assumed less strict condition in the G4ReflectionFactory::CheckScale() |
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| 55 | method, to avoid precision problems with imported rotation matrices. |
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| 56 | + solids/CSG: |
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| 57 | - G4Cons: enhanced treatment of phi-sections, according to |
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| 58 | algorithm used also in G4Tubs. |
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| 59 | + volumes: |
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| 60 | - Fix in G4GeometryMessenger to check for geometry closed when commands |
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| 61 | are applied. Command /geometry/navigator/reset and test commands apply |
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| 62 | only when system is in "Idle" state. |
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| 63 | - G4VCurvedTrajectoryFilter: fixed initialisation of data member |
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| 64 | in constructor. Fixes crash in visualization under in some setups. |
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| 65 | - G4IdentityTrajectoryFilter: added comments for the Software Reference |
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| 66 | Manual. |
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| 67 | |
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| 68 | o Global: |
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| 69 | ------ |
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| 70 | - Exclude definition of min/max for Windows .NET VC++ compiler |
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| 71 | in globals.hh. |
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| 72 | - Use SystemOfUnits.h and PhysicalConstants.h from CLHEP instead of |
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| 73 | internal local copies. |
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| 74 | |
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| 75 | o Hadronic processes: |
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| 76 | ------------------ |
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| 77 | + cross_sections |
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| 78 | o Fixed bug in Newton method for electro-nuclear cross-sections. |
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| 79 | + management: |
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| 80 | o Fixed a missing data-member initialization in G4InelasticInteraction. |
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| 81 | Fixes bug report #455. |
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| 82 | o G4EnergyRangeManager, G4HadronicProcess: adopt exception handling for |
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| 83 | 'no model found' case. |
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| 84 | + models/chiral_inv_phase_space |
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| 85 | o Minor fix for memory leak. |
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| 86 | o Fixed calculation of the equivalent photon in electro-nuclear. |
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| 87 | + models/generator/de_excitation |
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| 88 | o Improved performance for gamma evaporation (~30%). |
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| 89 | o Minor fix in method G4ExcitationHandler::transform() when calling |
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| 90 | erase(), to allow porting on Windows .NET VC++ compiler. |
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| 91 | + models/generator/high_energy |
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| 92 | o G4TheoFSGenerator: fix for semantics change in track, added Clear() |
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| 93 | call to particle-change vector. |
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| 94 | + models/generator/scattering |
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| 95 | o Removed some redundant inclusions of headers. |
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| 96 | + models/generator/util |
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| 97 | o Critical fix for semi-infinite loop in G4Fancy3DNucleus and |
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| 98 | G4FermiMomentum. |
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| 99 | + models/low_energy |
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| 100 | o G4LEKaonZeroLInelastic, G4LEKaonZeroSInelastic: fixed virtual |
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| 101 | destructor. |
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| 102 | + models/neutron_hp |
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| 103 | o Fix in sampling of gammas, in case internal conversion data are |
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| 104 | available in breit frame. |
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| 105 | o Fixed recoil direction distribution for 14MeV neutrons in Silicon. |
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| 106 | o Fixed cases of uninitialised variables responsible for event |
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| 107 | irreproducibility. |
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| 108 | o Optimized usage of poisson distribution to adopt G4Poisson. |
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| 109 | + models/pre_equilibrium |
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| 110 | o Fixed warning. |
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| 111 | + models/radiative_decay |
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| 112 | o Fix in G4NuclearDecayChannel and G4RadioactiveDecay: adapted to new |
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| 113 | nuclear level manager. |
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| 114 | + util |
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| 115 | o Removed some redundant inclusions of headers. |
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| 116 | |
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| 117 | o Intercoms: |
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| 118 | --------- |
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| 119 | - Included G4VVisManager::Draw methods for hits and trajectories. |
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| 120 | |
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| 121 | o Parameterisations: |
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| 122 | ----------------- |
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| 123 | - Updated header files to remove redundant header inclusions |
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| 124 | and properly order inclusion for complex numbers, to allow |
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| 125 | porting on Windows .NET VC++ compiler. |
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| 126 | - Minor fix in G4IrregularXrayTRmodel, G4VXTRdEdx and G4VXrayTRadModel |
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| 127 | to use G4Poisson distribution. |
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| 128 | |
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| 129 | o Persistency: |
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| 130 | ----------- |
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| 131 | - Corrected inclusion of headers for constant and units from CLHEP |
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| 132 | in G4MCTSimParticle and G4MCTSimVertex. |
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| 133 | |
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| 134 | o Visualization: |
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| 135 | ------------- |
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| 136 | - OpenInventor: removed erroneous additional transformation. |
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| 137 | - HepRep: modified G4HepRepFileSceneHandler::AddThis() |
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| 138 | to incorporate G4Attributes into the HepRep1 file. |
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| 139 | Moved some of HepRepXMLWriter's warning messages to debug blocks. |
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| 140 | - VRML: minor fix to VRML2 driver in G4VRML2SceneHandlerFunc to |
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| 141 | adopt G4String. |
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| 142 | - Included G4VisManager::Draw methods for hits and trajectories. |
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| 143 | |
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| 144 | o G3toG4 tool: |
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| 145 | ----------- |
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| 146 | - G4gstmed: included get functions for the medium table entries: |
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| 147 | G4int GetSize() const |
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| 148 | G3MedTableEntry* GetMTE(G4int i) const |
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| 149 | |
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| 150 | o Examples: |
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| 151 | -------- |
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| 152 | - novice/N02 |
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| 153 | o Cosmetics in output for stepping verbose. |
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| 154 | o Minor improvements to specific UI commands. |
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| 155 | - extended/electromagnetic - TestEm2, TestEm4 |
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| 156 | o Cosmetics in output for stepping verbose. |
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| 157 | o Minor improvements to specific UI commands. |
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| 158 | - extended/geometry/olap |
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| 159 | o Removed redundant inclusion of headers. |
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| 160 | - extended/biasing |
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| 161 | o Removed redundant inclusion of headers. |
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| 162 | - advanced - composite_calorimeter, xray_telescope |
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| 163 | o Removed redundant inclusion of headers. |
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| 164 | - Updated reference outputs. |
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| 166 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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| 167 | |
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| 168 | Technical Notes |
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| 169 | --------------- |
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| 170 | |
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| 171 | o This patch should be applied on top of release 5.0. |
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| 172 | o Technical notes distributed for release 5.0 are also applicable and |
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| 173 | valid for this patch. |
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| 174 | |
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| 175 | The code and rebuilt binary libraries for release 5.0 are available through |
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| 176 | our "Source Code" Web page: |
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| 177 | - see our Geant4 Home Page (http://cern.ch/geant4). |
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| 178 | |
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| 179 | Please refer to the Geant4 User Documentation |
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| 180 | (http://cern.ch/geant4/G4UsersDocuments/Overview/html) |
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| 181 | for further information about using Geant4. |
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