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| 2 | Geant4 7.1 - patch-01 Release Notes |
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| 3 | ----------------------------------- |
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| 5 | 25 October 2005 |
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| 6 | |
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| 7 | List of fixes included in this public patch since the public release 7.1: |
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| 8 | |
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| 9 | o Configuration: |
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| 10 | ------------- |
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| 11 | + Excluded usage of unnecessary 'ranlib' at creation of the libraries |
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| 12 | for WIN32-VC system. Fixes an observed problem of debug-symbols |
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| 13 | corruption. |
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| 14 | + Synchronized CXXFLAGS warning options of WIN32-g++ with Linux-g++. |
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| 15 | + Fixed Configure script for --incflags and --ldflags options. |
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| 16 | |
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| 17 | o Event: |
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| 18 | ----- |
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| 19 | + Corrected typo in printout in G4GeneralParticleMessenger. |
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| 20 | Addresses problem report #786. |
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| 21 | |
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| 22 | o Geometry: |
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| 23 | -------- |
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| 24 | + navigation |
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| 25 | o G4DrawVoxels: removed unnecessary 'panic' message in |
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| 26 | ComputeVoxelPolyhedra() and some code cleanup. |
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| 27 | + solids/BREPS |
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| 28 | o Fixed problem of double-deletion in G4BREPSolidPolyhedra and |
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| 29 | G4BREPSolidPCone destructors. |
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| 30 | + solids/CSG |
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| 31 | o Fixed bug in G4Sphere::DistanceToOut(p,v): added check for |
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| 32 | intersection with double cone. |
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| 33 | o Fixed bug in G4Para::DistanceToOut(p,v) for the case v.x()<0. |
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| 34 | Following problem report from user posted on Hypernews (#452). |
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| 35 | o Improved implementation for DistanceToIn/Out() in G4Torus to make use |
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| 36 | of G4JTPolynomialSolver for precise calculation of the intersections. |
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| 37 | + solids/specific: |
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| 38 | o Fixed compilation warning on WIN32-VC for G4VSurface.cc. |
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| 39 | |
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| 40 | o Global: |
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| 41 | ------ |
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| 42 | + G4Allocator: initialise esplicitely data in copy-ctor. |
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| 43 | + G4AllocatorPool: added default dummy argument to ctor to allow for |
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| 44 | default-ctor |
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| 45 | |
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| 46 | o Parameterisations: |
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| 47 | ----------------- |
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| 48 | + Added overflow protection in method GenerateRadius() for |
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| 49 | GFlashHomoShowerParamterisation in the 'gflash' module. |
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| 50 | |
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| 51 | o Particles: |
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| 52 | --------- |
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| 53 | + Fix to prohibit creation of ions in 'PreInit' state to make sure |
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| 54 | that proper processes will be attached to the ions. |
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| 55 | |
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| 56 | o Electromagnetic processes: |
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| 57 | ------------------------- |
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| 58 | + high-energy: |
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| 59 | o Fix a misprint in G4BetheBlochNoDeltaModel and minor cleanup. |
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| 60 | + muons: |
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| 61 | o In all energy loss models return protection against the case |
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| 62 | tmin>tmax (fixes bug report). |
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| 63 | o Fix angular distributions of secondaries and 4-momentum balance |
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| 64 | in G4MuBremsstrahlungModel and G4MuPairProductionModel. |
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| 65 | o Added protection in G4MuPairProductionModel needed for sampling |
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| 66 | of pair energy in the case of low cuts. |
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| 67 | + standard: |
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| 68 | o In all energy loss models return protection against the case |
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| 69 | tmin>tmax (fixes bug report). |
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| 70 | o Fix for initialisation of G4eBremsstrahlungModel. |
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| 71 | o Fix a bug in calculation of chemical correction in G4BraggIonModel |
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| 72 | and fix in G4BraggModel for problem observed when increasing |
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| 73 | precision using standard model and chemical effect. |
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| 74 | + utils: |
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| 75 | o G4VEnergyLossProcess: return number protections against numerical |
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| 76 | imprecision, which were used in version 7.0 and removed in 7.1 |
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| 77 | (fixes bug report) |
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| 78 | o Set default lambdaFactor to 0.8 for integral mode (improvement in |
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| 79 | CPU performance for low cuts). |
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| 80 | o G4VEmProcess: use integral mode only for charged particles. |
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| 81 | o G4EmModelManager: fix a cut calculation for the e+e- pair |
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| 82 | production physics process. |
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| 83 | o G4VMultipleScattering: fixed error in a protection in |
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| 84 | GetContinuousStepLimit(). |
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| 85 | + xrays: |
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| 86 | o Changed variable name 'MeanNumPhotons' to 'MeanNumberOfPhotons' in |
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| 87 | G4Scintillation and G4Cerenkov to conform with the documentation in |
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| 88 | the Application Developers Guide. |
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| 89 | o Added G4ProcessType identifier to all processes constructors. |
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| 90 | |
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| 91 | o Hadronic Processes: |
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| 92 | ------------------ |
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| 93 | + management: |
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| 94 | o Correctly set the type of a hadronic process. |
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| 95 | Fixes problem report #744. |
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| 96 | + models/chiral_inv_phase_space/body: |
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| 97 | o Memory leak fix for nuclear mass management in G4QPDGCode to use |
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| 98 | G4 masses of nuclear fragments. |
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| 99 | + models/low_energy: |
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| 100 | o Fix in elastic scattering for the case of target hydrogen: use |
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| 101 | relativistic kinematic for the generation of the final state. |
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| 102 | Fix tested in HARP. |
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| 103 | + stopping: |
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| 104 | o Fixed bug in time of e- produced in bound decay of mu-. |
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| 105 | |
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| 106 | o Management of processes: |
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| 107 | ----------------------- |
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| 108 | + Added forward declaration of G4UImessenger in G4ProcessTable header. |
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| 109 | Fixes problem report #768. |
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| 110 | |
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| 111 | o Optical Processes: |
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| 112 | ----------------- |
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| 113 | + Added G4ProcessType identifier to all processes constructors. |
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| 114 | |
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| 115 | o Run: |
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| 116 | --- |
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| 117 | + Removed unnecessary usage of G4Allocator for allocation of a run. |
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| 118 | |
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| 119 | o Tracking: |
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| 120 | -------- |
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| 121 | + Fix in G4SteppingManager::InvokeAlongStepDoItProcs() for problem |
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| 122 | report #761. |
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| 123 | + Fix in G4SteppingManager::DefinePhysicalStepLength() for the order |
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| 124 | of execution of 'ExclusivelyForced' processes like Fast-Simulation. |
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| 125 | Problem reported and fixed in CMS and ATLAS. |
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| 126 | |
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| 127 | o Physics lists: |
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| 128 | ------------- |
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| 129 | + hadronic: corrected text for the installation in README. |
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| 130 | |
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| 131 | o Examples: |
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| 132 | -------- |
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| 133 | + Updated reference outputs. |
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| 134 | + extended/electromagnetic/TestEm9 |
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| 135 | o Fixed problem for changing cuts between runs. |
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| 136 | + extendedeventgenerator/exgps |
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| 137 | o Fixed GNUMakefile for linking with AIDA on WIN32-VC. |
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| 138 | Fixes problem report #767. |
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| 139 | + extended/medical/GammaTherapy |
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| 140 | o Added vis.mac and histogram type (aida, root, hbook). |
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| 141 | o Use standard angular distribution for low-energy PhotoElectric. |
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| 142 | + extended/persistency |
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| 143 | o Added missing EXTRALIBS to link list for specialised setup. |
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| 144 | + extended/radioactivedecay/exrdm |
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| 145 | o Fixed GNUMakefile for linking with AIDA on WIN32-VC. |
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| 146 | Fixes problem report #767. |
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| 147 | + novice/N03 |
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| 148 | o RunAction: compute and print statistic at the end of the run. |
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| 149 | |
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| 150 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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| 151 | |
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| 152 | Technical Notes |
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| 153 | --------------- |
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| 154 | |
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| 155 | o This patch should be applied on top of release 7.1. |
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| 156 | o Technical notes distributed for release 7.1 are also applicable and |
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| 157 | valid for this patch. |
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| 158 | |
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| 159 | The code and rebuilt binary libraries for release 7.1 are available through |
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| 160 | our "Source Code" Web page: http://cern.ch/geant4 |
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| 161 | |
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| 162 | Please refer to the Geant4 User Documentation: |
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| 163 | http://cern.ch/geant4/G4UsersDocuments/Overview/html |
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| 164 | for further information about using Geant4. |
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