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| 13 | <B>Geant4 6.2 Release Notes</B> |
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| 19 | <B><I>June 25<SUP>th</SUP>, 2004</I></B> |
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| 27 | The code and binary libraries for the supported systems are available |
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| 28 | through our <A TARGET="ext" HREF="http://cern.ch/geant4">Source Code Web page</A>. |
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| 29 | </P> |
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| 30 | <P> |
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| 31 | Please refer to the |
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| 32 | <A TARGET="ext" HREF="http://cern.ch/geant4/G4UsersDocuments/Overview/html">Geant4 |
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| 33 | User Documentation</A> for further information about using Geant4. |
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| 34 | </P> |
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| 36 | <H2><I>Contents</I></H2> |
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| 37 | <OL> |
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| 38 | <LI><A HREF="#1.">Supported and Tested Platforms</A></LI> |
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| 39 | <LI><A HREF="#2.">AIDA and CLHEP</A></LI> |
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| 40 | <LI><A HREF="#3.">Compiler Specific Problems</A></LI> |
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| 41 | <LI><A HREF="#4.">Known Run-Time Problems</A></LI> |
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| 42 | <LI><A HREF="#5.">Compilation Warnings</A></LI> |
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| 43 | <LI><A HREF="#6.">Known Run-Time Warnings</A></LI> |
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| 44 | <LI><A HREF="#7.">Major items for migration of user code</A></LI> |
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| 45 | <LI><A HREF="#8.">Detailed list of changes and fixes</A></LI> |
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| 46 | </OL> |
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| 47 | |
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| 48 | <P> </P> |
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| 49 | <A NAME="1."></a> |
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| 50 | <HR> |
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| 52 | <!-- ============================================== --> |
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| 54 | <H2>1. Supported and Tested Platforms</H2> |
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| 56 | Official platforms: |
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| 57 | <UL> |
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| 58 | <LI>SUN Solaris 5.8, C++ CC-5.4 Patch 111715-02.</LI> |
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| 59 | <LI>Linux, gcc 3.2.3.<BR> |
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| 60 | This configuration was tested with the RedHat 7.3 distribution, |
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| 61 | versions of Geant4 have also been compiled successfully on other |
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| 62 | Linux distributions, like Debian, Suse or more recent RedHat systems. |
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| 63 | The default RedHat compiler gcc-2.96 distributed in RedHat 7.X is NOT |
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| 64 | supported. It has been verified that it produces incorrect binaries, |
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| 65 | therefore is not reliable. See also <A HREF="#note-1">note below</A>.</LI> |
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| 66 | <LI>Windows/XP and CygWin Tools with: Visual C++ 7.1 .NET</LI> |
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| 67 | </UL> |
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| 69 | More verified configurations: |
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| 70 | <UL> |
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| 71 | <LI>SUN Solaris 5.8, C++ CC-5.5.</LI> |
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| 72 | <LI>Linux, gcc 3.3.3.</LI> |
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| 73 | <LI>Linux, Intel-icc 8.0.</LI> |
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| 74 | <LI>MacOS 10.3, gcc-3.3</LI> |
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| 75 | </UL> |
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| 76 | |
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| 77 | More verified configurations, which we plan to stop supporting |
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| 78 | in releases or patches after November 2004: |
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| 79 | <UL> |
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| 80 | <LI>Linux, gcc 2.95.2.</LI> |
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| 81 | <LI>Windows/2000 and CygWin Tools, Visual C++ 6.0 Service Pack 5</LI> |
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| 82 | </UL> |
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| 83 | |
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| 84 | Platforms configured but not tested and not supported: |
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| 85 | <UL> |
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| 86 | <LI>AIX 4.3.2, xlC 6.0</LI> |
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| 87 | <LI>DEC V4.0, cxx C++ V6.1-027</LI> |
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| 88 | <LI>HP 10.20, aCC C++ B3910B A.01.23</LI> |
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| 89 | <LI>SGI V6.5.5, CC 7.2.1</LI> |
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| 90 | </UL> |
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| 91 | |
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| 92 | <P> </P> |
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| 93 | <A NAME="2."></A> |
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| 94 | <HR> |
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| 96 | <!-- ============================================== --> |
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| 98 | <H2>2. AIDA and CLHEP</H2> |
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| 99 | |
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| 100 | Geant4 6.2 requires the <A TARGET="ext" |
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| 101 | HREF="http://cern.ch/clhep/INSTALLATION/clhep.html">installation |
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| 102 | of CLHEP</A>.<BR> |
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| 103 | Tests have been performed with <B>CLHEP-1.8.1.0</B><BR> |
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| 104 | <P> </P> |
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| 105 | Geant4 6.2 examples with histogramming cowork with AIDA 3.2.1 |
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| 106 | implementations. These include: |
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| 107 | <UL> |
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| 108 | <LI><A TARGET="ext" HREF="http://cern.ch/PI">PI</A> and included components</LI> |
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| 109 | <LI><A TARGET="ext" HREF="http://jas.freehep.org">JAS (Java Analysis Studio)</A></LI> |
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| 110 | <LI><A TARGET="ext" HREF="http://www.lal.in2p3.fr/OpenScientist">Open Scientist</A></LI> |
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| 111 | </UL> |
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| 112 | |
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| 113 | AIDA headers can be downloaded from: |
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| 114 | <A TARGET="ext" HREF="http://aida.freehep.org">http://aida.freehep.org</A> |
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| 115 | |
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| 116 | |
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| 117 | <P> </P> |
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| 118 | <A NAME="3."></A> |
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| 119 | <HR> |
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| 121 | <!-- ============================================== --> |
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| 122 | |
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| 123 | <H2>3. Compiler Specific Problems</H2> |
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| 124 | |
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| 125 | <UL> |
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| 126 | <LI><A NAME="note-1"><B>Linux Red Hat 7.X, gcc-2.96</B></A>. |
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| 127 | <UL> |
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| 128 | <LI>The default compiler distributed by Red Hat since release 7.0 is |
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| 129 | NOT supported and not considered reliable for running a Geant4-based |
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| 130 | application. In more than one test case, binaries produced by gcc-2.96 |
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| 131 | have shown incorrect behavior, either due to wrong order of |
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| 132 | initialisation of static data in memory or to bugs in the system |
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| 133 | <TT>iostream</TT> classes, problems which apparently have all been |
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| 134 | solved in more recent versions of the compiler (3.X series).<BR> |
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| 135 | For information, gcc-2.96 is a compiler that has never been |
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| 136 | officially released, nor supported by the GNU team itself and is not |
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| 137 | considered reliable by the authors (for more information, see also |
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| 138 | <A TARGET="ext" HREF="http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-2.96.html">http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-2.96.html</A>).</LI> |
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| 139 | </UL></LI> |
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| 140 | </UL> |
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| 141 | |
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| 142 | <P> </P> |
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| 143 | <A NAME="4."></A> |
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| 144 | <HR> |
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| 146 | <!-- ============================================== --> |
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| 147 | |
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| 148 | <H2>4. Known Run-Time Problems and Limitations</H2> |
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| 149 | |
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| 150 | For a complete list of outstanding run-time problems and to submit any |
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| 151 | problem you may find running this version of Geant4, please refer to the |
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| 152 | <A TARGET="ext" HREF="http://cern.ch/geant4/problemreport">Geant4 Problem Reporting |
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| 153 | System</A>. |
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| 154 | |
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| 155 | |
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| 156 | <P> </P> |
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| 157 | <A NAME="5."></A> |
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| 158 | <HR> |
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| 160 | <!-- ============================================== --> |
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| 161 | |
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| 162 | <H2>5. Compilation Warnings</H2> |
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| 163 | |
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| 164 | There may be compilation warnings on some platforms. We do not believe |
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| 165 | that any will lead to incorrect run-time behaviour. |
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| 166 | |
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| 167 | |
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| 168 | <P> </P> |
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| 169 | <A NAME="6."></A> |
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| 170 | <HR> |
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| 172 | <!-- ============================================== --> |
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| 173 | |
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| 174 | <H2>6. Known Run-Time Warnings</H2> |
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| 175 | |
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| 176 | The following message can be written to error output while tracking. |
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| 177 | We believe it does not give rise to incorrect behaviour. |
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| 178 | <PRE> |
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| 179 | G4PropagateInField: Warning: Particle is looping |
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| 180 | - tracking in field will be stopped. |
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| 181 | It has performed 1000 steps in Field while a maximum of 1000 |
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| 182 | are allowed. |
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| 183 | </PRE> |
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| 184 | |
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| 185 | |
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| 186 | <P> </P> |
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| 187 | <A NAME="7."></A> |
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| 188 | <HR> |
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| 190 | <!-- ============================================== --> |
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| 192 | <H2>7. Major items for migration of user code</H2> |
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| 193 | |
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| 194 | There're not known migrations necessary if upgrading from release 6.1, |
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| 195 | other than recompilation and/or reinstallation of libraries and user |
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| 196 | applications. |
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| 197 | <P> </P> |
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| 198 | <B>Future migration for <TT>G4VParticleChange</TT> class</B> |
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| 199 | <P> </P> |
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| 200 | For the future releases, an interface change to the class |
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| 201 | <TT>G4VParticleChange</TT> is foreseen. The required changes are already |
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| 202 | implemented in this release while still keeping valid the old interface.<BR> |
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| 203 | The following methods will be removed in the future: |
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| 204 | <PRE> |
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| 205 | void SetTrueStepLength(G4double truePathLength); |
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| 206 | void SetLocalEnergyDeposit(G4double anEnergyPart); |
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| 207 | G4TrackStatus GetStatusChange() const; |
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| 208 | void SetStatusChange(G4TrackStatus status); |
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| 209 | void SetSteppingControl(G4SteppingControl StepControlFlag); |
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| 210 | void SetParentWeight(G4double); |
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| 211 | </PRE> |
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| 212 | They will have to be replaced by the following methods, respectively: |
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| 213 | <PRE> |
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| 214 | void ProposeTrueStepLength(G4double truePathLength); |
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| 215 | void ProposeLocalEnergyDeposit(G4double anEnergyPart); |
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| 216 | G4TrackStatus GetTrackStatus() const; |
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| 217 | void ProposeTrackStatus(G4TrackStatus status); |
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| 218 | void ProposeSteppingControl(G4SteppingControl StepControlFlag); |
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| 219 | void ProposeParentWeight(G4double); |
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| 220 | </PRE> |
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| 221 | <P> </P> |
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| 222 | <B>Future migration for <TT>G4GeneralParticleSource</TT> class</B> |
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| 223 | <P> </P> |
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| 224 | A 'tree-structured' command format is implemented in this release for |
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| 225 | <TT>G4GeneralParticleSource</TT>. The old UI commands have been kept |
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| 226 | for backward compatibility but will be removed in the future.<BR> |
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| 227 | For more information, please consult: |
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| 228 | <A HREF="http://reat.space.qinetiq.com/gps">http://reat.space.qinetiq.com/gps</A>. |
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| 229 | |
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| 230 | <P> </P> |
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| 231 | <A NAME="8."></A> |
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| 232 | <HR> |
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| 234 | <!-- ============================================== --> |
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| 235 | |
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| 236 | <H2>8. Detailed list of changes and fixes</H2> |
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| 237 | |
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| 238 | These are the main new features/fixes included in this release since the |
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| 239 | last patched public release (for the detailed list of fixes/additions, |
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| 240 | please refer to the related History files provided in most packages): |
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| 241 | |
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| 242 | <P> </P> |
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| 243 | |
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| 244 | <A NAME="conf-notes"> |
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| 245 | <H3><I>Configuration</I></H3></A> |
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| 246 | <UL> |
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| 247 | <LI><TT>Configure</TT> script: |
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| 248 | <UL> |
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| 249 | <LI>Added support for global DLL libraries on Windows systems.</LI> |
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| 250 | <LI>Added new data-set for elastic-scattering data.</LI> |
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| 251 | </UL></LI> |
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| 252 | <LI><TT>source/GNUmakefile</TT>: |
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| 253 | <UL> |
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| 254 | <LI>Revised order of module installation according to dependencies.</LI> |
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| 255 | <LI>New <TT>dll</TT> target for building of DLLs global libraries |
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| 256 | on Windows systems.</LI> |
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| 257 | </UL></LI> |
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| 258 | <LI><TT>Linux-g++.gmk</TT>: |
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| 259 | <UL> |
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| 260 | <LI>Made -O2 optimisation the default.</LI> |
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| 261 | <LI>Included (deactivated by default) Pentium4 chip specific options |
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| 262 | for using chips-specific floating-point arithmetics based on the |
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| 263 | SSE unit.</LI> |
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| 264 | </UL></LI> |
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| 265 | <LI><TT>WIN32-VC7.gmk</TT>: |
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| 266 | <UL> |
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| 267 | <LI>Added setup for WIN32-VC7 for building of DLLs.</LI> |
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| 268 | </UL></LI> |
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| 269 | <LI><TT>Darwin-g++.gmk</TT>: |
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| 270 | <UL> |
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| 271 | <LI>Corrected options to build shared libraries (.dyn); use |
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| 272 | twolevel_namespace and GLOBLIBS for shared-libs build on MacOS. |
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| 273 | Shared-libs build are possible only global libraries.</LI> |
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| 274 | <LI>Corrected options to retrieve Motif.</LI> |
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| 275 | </UL></LI> |
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| 276 | <LI><TT>architecture.gmk</TT>: |
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| 277 | <UL> |
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| 278 | <LI>Added check for definition of LDFLAGS. Fixes bug report #603.</LI> |
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| 279 | <LI>Revisited Inventor default. Removed HEPVis dependencies |
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| 280 | (Inventor visualization driver no longer needs these).</LI> |
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| 281 | </UL></LI> |
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| 282 | <LI><TT>binmake.gmk</TT>: |
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| 283 | <UL> |
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| 284 | <LI>Activated shared-libs mechanism for Windows platforms; forced creation |
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| 285 | of static library for examples/applications for the usage with DLLs.</LI> |
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| 286 | <LI>Fixed problem for WIN32 such that also LDLIBS (including EXTRALIBS) |
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| 287 | will be mangled to replace -L by its WIN32 corresponding libpath.</LI> |
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| 288 | <LI>Added include paths to new hadronic models.</LI> |
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| 289 | <LI>Restored global library for 'interfaces' module which was missing from |
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| 290 | the linking list.</LI> |
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| 291 | </UL></LI> |
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| 292 | <LI><TT>common.gmk</TT>, <TT>globlib.gmk</TT>: |
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| 293 | <UL> |
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| 294 | <LI>Fixed clean/clean_libs target.</LI> |
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| 295 | </UL></LI> |
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| 296 | </UL> |
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| 297 | |
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| 298 | <A NAME="dgt-notes"> |
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| 299 | <H3><I>Digitization & Hits</I></H3></A> |
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| 300 | <UL> |
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| 301 | <LI><TT>G4SDManager</TT>, <TT>G4SDStructure</TT>: added optional argument |
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| 302 | <I>warning</I> to <TT>FindSensitiveDetector(pathName, warning)</TT>, |
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| 303 | defaulted to <TT>true</TT>, to eventually exclude warning issued by |
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| 304 | <TT>G4SDManager</TT> when sensitive detector is not found.</LI> |
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| 305 | </UL> |
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| 306 | |
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| 307 | <A NAME="evt-notes"> |
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| 308 | <H3><I>Event</I></H3></A> |
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| 309 | <UL> |
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| 310 | <LI>Design iteration of the <TT>G4GeneralParticleSource</TT> class: |
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| 311 | <UL> |
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| 312 | <LI>New classes have been added.<BR> |
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| 313 | See <A HREF="http://reat.space.qinetiq.com/gps">http://reat.space.qinetiq.com/gps</A> |
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| 314 | for more details of the changes.</LI> |
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| 315 | <LI>New formula for converting integral spectrum to differential one.</LI> |
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| 316 | </UL></LI> |
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| 317 | <LI><TT>G4EventManager</TT>: |
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| 318 | <UL> |
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| 319 | <LI>Added access methods to <TT>G4TrackingManager</TT> and |
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| 320 | <TT>G4StackManager</TT>.</LI> |
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| 321 | <LI>Fixed incorrect behaviour of event abortion requested by |
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| 322 | <TT>BeginOfEventAction()</TT>.</LI> |
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| 323 | </UL></LI> |
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| 324 | </UL> |
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| 325 | |
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| 326 | <A NAME="emlow-notes"> |
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| 327 | <H3><I>Electromagnetic Processes (Low-energy)</I></H3></A> |
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| 328 | <UL> |
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| 329 | <LI>First iteration towards new models for photoelectric angular distribution: |
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| 330 | design iteration and re-implementation of non-polarized Sauter-Gavrila |
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| 331 | distribution (K-shell approximation).</LI> |
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| 332 | <LI>New model for PIXE.</LI> |
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| 333 | <LI>Bug fix for Barkas effect.</LI> |
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| 334 | <LI>Bug fix in energy loss concerning positrons handled by Penelope.</LI> |
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| 335 | </UL> |
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| 336 | |
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| 337 | <A NAME="emstd-notes"> |
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| 338 | <H3><I>Electromagnetic Processes (Standard)</I></H3></A> |
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| 339 | <UL> |
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| 340 | <LI><TT>G4VEnergyLoss</TT> and related classes: |
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| 341 | <UL> |
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| 342 | <LI>Corrected error in retrieving <TT>dE/dx</TT> from tables |
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| 343 | (it affected proton around <TT>1 MeV</TT>).</LI> |
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| 344 | <LI>Fixed a problem in retrieving physics tables from files. </LI> |
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| 345 | <LI>Fixed a problem of energy below <TT>lowestKinEnergy</TT> (simulation of |
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| 346 | energy loss of low energy particles in low density gases).</LI> |
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| 347 | |
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| 348 | <LI>Improved sampling in integral method for cross sections with peaks.</LI> |
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| 349 | <LI>Added new methods to define simulation options to |
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| 350 | <TT>G4EmProcessOptions</TT>.</LI> |
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| 351 | <LI>Revised printout format in <TT>G4VEnergyLossProcess</TT>.</LI> |
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| 352 | </UL></LI> |
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| 353 | <LI>Energy-loss fluctuations: |
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| 354 | <UL> |
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| 355 | <LI>Reduced area of applicability of the model for simulation of |
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| 356 | fluctuations at very small steps to provide less step dependent |
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| 357 | results in solid absorbers.</LI> |
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| 358 | <LI>Smoothed out sampling of Gaussian fluctuations, when sigma is much |
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| 359 | bigger than energy loss.</LI> |
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| 360 | </UL> |
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| 361 | The purpose of both changes is to provide results that are less dependent |
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| 362 | on step size. For example, for steps down to 0.1 microns (in solid materials) |
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| 363 | the energy deposition distribution in a thin absorber is not dependent on the |
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| 364 | step limit.</LI> |
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| 365 | <LI>Ionization for muons, hadrons, ions: |
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| 366 | <UL> |
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| 367 | <LI>Set the integral method to be the default (it already was for electrons). |
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| 368 | The step remains limited to 20% of the current range, as in Geant4 5.2.</LI> |
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| 369 | </UL></LI> |
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| 370 | <LI>Multiple Scattering: |
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| 371 | <UL> |
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| 372 | <LI>Changes in <TT>G4MscModel</TT>: <TT>t->z</TT> and <TT>z->t</TT> |
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| 373 | transformations (true length to geometrical length and back) have |
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| 374 | been rewritten. The purpose is to reduce the step-size dependence of |
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| 375 | results, which was mainly connected with simulation of multiple |
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| 376 | scattering of low energy particles. It will affect the resolution |
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| 377 | of sampling calorimeters.</LI> |
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| 378 | <LI>Change in the angular distribution for <TT>e+/e-</TT>: correction |
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| 379 | to the Highland formula for the central part of the distribution.</LI> |
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| 380 | </UL></LI> |
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| 381 | <LI>Multiple Scattering for ions: |
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| 382 | <UL> |
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| 383 | <LI>Use dynamic charge for simulation of multiple scattering angle.</LI> |
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| 384 | <LI>Fix to avoid crash in case of use of <TT>G4hLowEnergyIonisation</TT> |
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| 385 | for ions together with multiple-scattering.</LI> |
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| 386 | </UL></LI> |
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| 387 | <LI>Muon Pair Production: |
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| 388 | <UL> |
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| 389 | <LI>Minor fix in differential cross section: use total energy instead |
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| 390 | of kinetic energy.</LI> |
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| 391 | <LI>Fixed minor energy non-conservation (electron mass).</LI> |
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| 392 | <LI>Fixed problem of calculation of maximum energy transfer to an |
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| 393 | atom of compound materials.</LI> |
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| 394 | </UL></LI> |
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| 395 | <LI>PAI ionisation: |
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| 396 | <UL> |
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| 397 | <LI>Introduced new model <TT>G4PAIPhotonModel</TT>, PAI model that splits |
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| 398 | the cross-section into electron and photon parts.</LI> |
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| 399 | <LI>Removed limitations on cut values in both PAI models.</LI> |
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| 400 | <LI>Use precise integrator for initialisation of PAI models.</LI> |
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| 401 | </UL></LI> |
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| 402 | </UL> |
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| 403 | |
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| 404 | <A NAME="gen-notes"> |
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| 405 | <H3><I>General Processes, Parameterisation, Cuts, Decay, Optical</I></H3></A> |
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| 406 | <UL> |
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| 407 | <LI><B>Cuts</B>: |
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| 408 | <UL> |
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| 409 | <LI>Enabled the user to retrieve from a file tables with materials and |
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| 410 | couples which are in a different order to that in memory.<BR> |
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| 411 | Modified <TT>G4ProductionCutsTable::RetrieveCutsTable()</TT> to enable this.</LI> |
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| 412 | <LI><TT>G4ProductionCuts</TT>: moved usage of statics in inline functions |
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| 413 | to non-inline for porting to DLLs on Windows.</LI> |
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| 414 | </UL></LI> |
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| 415 | <LI><B>Decay</B>: |
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| 416 | <UL> |
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| 417 | <LI>Use new interface methods of <TT>G4VParticleChange</TT>.</LI> |
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| 418 | </UL></LI> |
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| 419 | <LI><B>Management</B>: |
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| 420 | <UL> |
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| 421 | <LI>Fixed bug in <TT>G4ProcessManager::RemoveProcess()</TT> for the case |
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| 422 | when the process to be removed is inactive.</LI> |
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| 423 | </UL></LI> |
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| 424 | <LI><B>Optical</B>: |
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| 425 | <UL> |
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| 426 | <LI>Fixes in <TT>G4OpBoundaryProcess</TT> for default class member |
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| 427 | assignments in <TT>DoIt()</TT> method.</LI> |
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| 428 | <LI>Added protection against NULL pointers in <TT>G4OpRayleigh</TT> process. |
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| 429 | Do not overwrite Rayleigh scattering length for 'Water' material if it |
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| 430 | has been specified by the user through a call to |
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| 431 | <TT>AddProperty("RAYLEIGH"...)</TT>.</LI> |
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| 432 | </UL></LI> |
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| 433 | </UL> |
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| 434 | |
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| 435 | <A NAME="geo-notes"> |
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| 436 | <H3><I>Geometry</I></H3></A> |
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| 437 | <UL> |
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| 438 | <LI><B>Divisions</B> |
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| 439 | <UL> |
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| 440 | <LI>Added support for reflection of divided volumes: |
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| 441 | added concrete istance of division-factory <TT>G4PVDivisionFactory</TT> |
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| 442 | for the creation of volume divisions on demand.</LI> |
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| 443 | </UL></LI> |
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| 444 | <LI><B>Management</B> |
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| 445 | <UL> |
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| 446 | <LI>Imported <TT>G4ReflectedSolid</TT> class from <TT>solids/Boolean</TT>.</LI> |
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| 447 | <LI>Added abstract factory <TT>G4VPVDivisionFactory</TT> defining interfaces |
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| 448 | for the creation of volumes divisions.</LI> |
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| 449 | </UL></LI> |
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| 450 | <LI><B>Navigation</B> |
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| 451 | <UL> |
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| 452 | <LI>Added more verbosity on solids response for navigators (optimised/not |
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| 453 | optimised) if "check_mode" state is combined with verbose level-1.</LI> |
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| 454 | <LI>Added check to <TT>G4Navigator</TT> to count the number of steps with |
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| 455 | zero length and issue an exception aborting the event for tracks that |
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| 456 | get stuck in a loop. A corrective action is attempted after 10 |
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| 457 | consecutive zero steps; the exception is thrown after 25 consecutive |
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| 458 | zero steps.</LI> |
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| 459 | </UL></LI> |
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| 460 | <LI><B>Solids</B> |
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| 461 | <UL> |
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| 462 | <LI><I>Boolean solids</I>: |
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| 463 | <UL> |
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| 464 | <LI>Moved <TT>G4ReflectedSolid</TT> class to <TT>management</TT> module.</LI> |
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| 465 | <LI>Moved <TT>G4ReflectionFactory</TT> class to <TT>volumes</TT> module.</LI> |
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| 466 | <LI>Moved unit test for reflection to <TT>volumes</TT> module.</LI> |
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| 467 | </UL></LI> |
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| 468 | <LI><I>Specific solids</I>: |
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| 469 | <UL> |
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| 470 | <LI>First implementation of a framework for twisted surfaces:<BR> |
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| 471 | includes a new specific twisted shape: <TT>G4TwistedTubs</TT>.<BR> |
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| 472 | New classes: <TT>G4VSurface</TT>, <TT>G4TwistedSurface</TT>, |
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| 473 | <TT>G4HyperbolicSurface</TT>, <TT>G4FlatSurface</TT>, |
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| 474 | <TT>G4TwistedTubs</TT>.</LI> |
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| 475 | </UL></LI> |
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| 476 | </UL></LI> |
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| 477 | <LI><B>Volumes</B> |
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| 478 | <UL> |
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| 479 | <LI><TT>G4LogicalBorderSurface</TT>, <TT>G4LogicalSkinSurface</TT>: added |
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| 480 | <TT>CleanSurfaceTable()</TT> static methods for the clearing of the |
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| 481 | surface tables in case of dynamic geometries.</LI> |
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| 482 | <LI>Imported <TT>G4ReflectionFactory</TT> from module <TT>solids/Boolean</TT>.</LI> |
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| 483 | <LI>Enhanced <TT>G4ReflectionFactory</TT> to support reflection of divided |
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| 484 | volumes: added <TT>Divide(...)</TT> set of methods.</LI> |
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| 485 | <LI>Adopt DLLIMPORT/EXPORT technique to handle extern simbols for |
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| 486 | allowing support of DLLs on Windows.</LI> |
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| 487 | </UL></LI> |
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| 488 | </UL> |
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| 489 | |
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| 490 | <A NAME="glob-notes"> |
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| 491 | <H3><I>Global</I></H3></A> |
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| 492 | <UL> |
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| 493 | <LI><TT>G4Allocator</TT>: added utility methods for explicitely deallocate |
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| 494 | storage and print total allocated pages size: |
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| 495 | <TT>ResetStorage()</TT>, <TT>GetAllocatedSize()</TT>.</LI> |
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| 496 | <LI>HEPNumerics: fixed bug in <TT>G4DataInterpolation::PolynomInterpolation()</TT> |
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| 497 | for indexing in a for-loop.</LI> |
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| 498 | <LI>Added support for building DLLs on Windows: added macros for importing |
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| 499 | symbols and migrated <TT>G4ios</TT> and <TT>G4strstreambuf</TT>.</LI> |
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| 500 | </UL> |
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| 501 | |
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| 502 | <A NAME="greps-notes"> |
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| 503 | <H3><I>Graphical Representations</I></H3></A> |
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| 504 | <UL> |
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| 505 | <LI>Implemented constructor and destructor for <TT>G4AttDefStore</TT>, to |
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| 506 | properly delete objects in the static map, allocated through explicit |
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| 507 | calls to <TT>GetInstance()</TT>. Made <TT>G4AttDefStore</TT> a singleton.</LI> |
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| 508 | </UL> |
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| 509 | |
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| 510 | <A NAME="mat-notes"> |
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| 511 | <H3><I>Materials</I></H3></A> |
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| 512 | <UL> |
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| 513 | <LI><TT>G4SandiaTable</TT>: added new methods for sorting algorithm |
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| 514 | in PAI model.</LI> |
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| 515 | <LI>Added new utility method <TT>ConstPropertyExists(const char * key)</TT> |
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| 516 | returning <TT>true</TT>/<TT>false</TT> according to the existance of the |
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| 517 | 'key' in the table <TT>G4MaterialPropertiesTable</TT>.</LI> |
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| 518 | </UL> |
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| 519 | |
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| 520 | <A NAME="had-notes"> |
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| 521 | <H3><I>Hadronic Processes</I></H3></A> |
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| 522 | <UL> |
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| 523 | <LI>New packages and models: |
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| 524 | <UL> |
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| 525 | <LI><I>Ablation</I>: model for evaporation (used in conjunction with |
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| 526 | the abrasion code).</LI> |
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| 527 | <LI><I>Abrasion</I>: package for ion reactions.</LI> |
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| 528 | <LI><I>EM dissociation</I>.</LI> |
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| 529 | <LI><I>Coherent_elastic</I>: new model for high energy elastic scattering, |
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| 530 | requiring a new provided data set for elasting scattering data.</LI> |
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| 531 | </UL></LI> |
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| 532 | <LI>cross_sections: |
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| 533 | <UL> |
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| 534 | <LI>Removed discontinuities in pion scattering data.</LI> |
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| 535 | <LI>Fix in high energy p-H cross-sections (G3 legacy bug).</LI> |
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| 536 | </UL></LI> |
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| 537 | <LI>management: |
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| 538 | <UL> |
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| 539 | <LI>Optionally killing of primaries, steerable from use code.</LI> |
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| 540 | <LI>Bug fix for cross-section biasing.</LI> |
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| 541 | <LI>Added protection to hadronic processes against illegal track |
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| 542 | status.</LI> |
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| 543 | </UL></LI> |
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| 544 | <LI>util: |
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| 545 | <UL> |
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| 546 | <LI>Added a fuzzy initializer class.</LI> |
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| 547 | <LI>Added a Besselfunction class.</LI> |
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| 548 | <LI>Fixed two rare bugs seen by LHCb in <TT>G4HadFinalState</TT> that |
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| 549 | lead to an exception.</LI> |
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| 550 | </UL></LI> |
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| 551 | <LI>models/binary_cascade: |
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| 552 | <UL> |
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| 553 | <LI>Some performance optimizations.</LI> |
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| 554 | <LI>Corrected rotation in inverse kinematics for light ion |
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| 555 | reaction code.</LI> |
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| 556 | <LI>Added some protections fixing problems reported in bug-reports |
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| 557 | #574 and #593. |
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| 558 | <LI>Bug fix related to bug report #607.</LI> |
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| 559 | </UL></LI> |
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| 560 | <LI>models/cascade: |
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| 561 | <UL> |
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| 562 | <LI>Fixed memory leak. |
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| 563 | </UL></LI> |
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| 564 | <LI>models/chiral_invariant_phase_space: |
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| 565 | <UL> |
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| 566 | <LI>Fixed <TT>ppK+</TT> "antistrange below mass shell" problem in |
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| 567 | <TT>G4QEnvironment</TT>.</LI> |
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| 568 | <LI>Minor bug fixes in <TT>G4QEnvironment</TT> in (Sigma-)2n final state.</LI> |
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| 569 | <LI>Fixed rare problem of decay in <TT>Del+Del+</TT> with <TT>pi0</TT> when |
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| 570 | <TT>pi-</TT> was found.</LI> |
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| 571 | <LI>Minor bug fix in final multibaryon spit (<TT>3n->n+n+n</TT>).</LI> |
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| 572 | </UL> |
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| 573 | <LI>models/de_excitation/fermi-break-up: |
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| 574 | <UL> |
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| 575 | <LI>Bug fix in the splitting probabilities.</LI> |
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| 576 | <LI>Adding destruction of configurations.</LI> |
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| 577 | </UL></LI> |
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| 578 | <LI>models/de_excitation/photon-evaporation: |
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| 579 | <UL> |
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| 580 | <LI>Slight optimisation of E1 probabilities.</LI> |
---|
| 581 | </UL></LI> |
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| 582 | <LI>models/high_energy: |
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| 583 | <UL> |
---|
| 584 | <LI>Re-added class-descriptions.</LI> |
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| 585 | </UL></LI> |
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| 586 | <LI>models/im_r_matrix: |
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| 587 | <UL> |
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| 588 | <LI>Some optimizations in <TT>G4Scatterer</TT>.</LI> |
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| 589 | </UL></LI> |
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| 590 | <LI>models/management: |
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| 591 | <UL> |
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| 592 | <LI>Protections for rounding issues.</LI> |
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| 593 | <LI>Enabling user overload of some methods.</LI> |
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| 594 | </UL></LI> |
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| 595 | <LI>models/neutron_hp: |
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| 596 | <UL> |
---|
| 597 | <LI>Some code clean-up.</LI> |
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| 598 | <LI>Now suitable for DLL usage.</LI> |
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| 599 | </UL></LI> |
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| 600 | <LI>models/pre_equilibrium: |
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| 601 | <UL> |
---|
| 602 | <LI>Dixed updating of charged/neutral excited particles.</LI> |
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| 603 | </UL></LI> |
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| 604 | <LI>models/util: |
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| 605 | <UL> |
---|
| 606 | <LI>Optimized initialization for <TT>G4Fancy3DNucleus</TT>.</LI> |
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| 607 | <LI>Fix in decay routines for decays involving broad resonances |
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| 608 | in the final state.</LI> |
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| 609 | </UL></LI> |
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| 610 | </UL> |
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| 611 | |
---|
| 612 | <A NAME="part-notes"> |
---|
| 613 | <H3><I>Particles</I></H3></A> |
---|
| 614 | <UL> |
---|
| 615 | <LI>Adopt DLLIMPORT/EXPORT technique to handle extern simbols for DLLs. |
---|
| 616 | Modified granular <TT>GNUmakefile</TT>s and rearranged usage of extern |
---|
| 617 | symbols in classes in <TT>management</TT> module.</LI> |
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| 618 | </UL> |
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| 619 | |
---|
| 620 | <A NAME="run-notes"> |
---|
| 621 | <H3><I>Run, Intercoms and Interfaces</I></H3></A> |
---|
| 622 | <UL> |
---|
| 623 | <LI><B>Intercoms</B>: |
---|
| 624 | <UL> |
---|
| 625 | <LI>Introduced static methods in <TT>G4UIcommand</TT> class for conversion |
---|
| 626 | between a string and a value. Some implementation of derived classes |
---|
| 627 | are modified accordingly. Introduced utility methods |
---|
| 628 | <TT>ConvertToStringWithBestUnit()</TT> and |
---|
| 629 | <TT>ConvertToStringWithDefaultUnit()</TT> for command classes taking a |
---|
| 630 | unit parameter.</LI> |
---|
| 631 | </UL></LI> |
---|
| 632 | <LI><B>Interfaces</B>: |
---|
| 633 | <UL> |
---|
| 634 | <LI><TT>G4[UI]Win32</TT>: implemented changes to allow usage of |
---|
| 635 | standard C main (and avoid WinMain). Moved usage of inline methods |
---|
| 636 | to non-inline for DLLs support on Windows.</LI> |
---|
| 637 | </UL></LI> |
---|
| 638 | <LI><B>Run</B>: |
---|
| 639 | <UL> |
---|
| 640 | <LI><TT>G4RunManagerKernel</TT>: added access methods to |
---|
| 641 | <TT>G4TrackingManager</TT> and <TT>G4StackManager</TT>.</LI> |
---|
| 642 | <LI>Adopt DLLIMPORT/EXPORT technique to handle extern simbols for DLLs. |
---|
| 643 | Modified <TT>GNUmakefile</TT> and rearranged usage of extern symbols in |
---|
| 644 | <TT>G4Run</TT>.</LI> |
---|
| 645 | </UL></LI> |
---|
| 646 | </UL> |
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| 647 | |
---|
| 648 | <A NAME="track-notes"> |
---|
| 649 | <H3><I>Track and Tracking</I></H3></A> |
---|
| 650 | <UL> |
---|
| 651 | <LI><B>Track</B> |
---|
| 652 | <UL> |
---|
| 653 | <LI>G4VParticleChange: added new methods <TT>ProposeXXX()</TT> (and |
---|
| 654 | corresponding <TT>GetXXX()</TT> methods) as replacement for old |
---|
| 655 | <TT>SetXXXChange()</TT> and <TT>GetXXXChange()</TT>, now obsolete.</LI> |
---|
| 656 | <LI><TT>G4ParticleChangeForLoss</TT>: fixed minor energy non-conservation |
---|
| 657 | problem in case of more than 1 processes changing the energy. |
---|
| 658 | Fixed initialization of <TT>ParentWeight</TT>.</LI> |
---|
| 659 | <LI>Adopt DLLIMPORT/EXPORT technique to handle extern simbols for DLLs. |
---|
| 660 | Modified <TT>GNUmakefile</TT> and rearranged usage of extern symbols in |
---|
| 661 | <TT>G4Track</TT>.</LI> |
---|
| 662 | </UL></LI> |
---|
| 663 | <LI><B>Tracking</B> |
---|
| 664 | <UL> |
---|
| 665 | <LI>Adopt DLLIMPORT/EXPORT technique to handle extern simbols for |
---|
| 666 | DLLs. Modified <TT>GNUmakefile</TT> and rearranged usage of extern |
---|
| 667 | symbols in classes.</LI> |
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| 668 | </UL></LI> |
---|
| 669 | </UL> |
---|
| 670 | |
---|
| 671 | <A NAME="vis-notes"> |
---|
| 672 | <H3><I>Visualization</I></H3></A> |
---|
| 673 | <UL> |
---|
| 674 | <LI><B>HepRep</B> |
---|
| 675 | <UL> |
---|
| 676 | <LI>Renamed zlib prefix from <TT>z_</TT> to <TT>heprep_z_</TT>. |
---|
| 677 | Added symbol <TT>z_errmsg</TT> to list for renaming to avoid conflicts |
---|
| 678 | with other programs who contain a copy of zlib.</LI> |
---|
| 679 | <LI>Added attributes for Region and root-Region to both HepRep drivers.</LI> |
---|
| 680 | <LI>Added ability to separately write geometry files.</LI> |
---|
| 681 | <LI>Bug fix: copied new interfaces for HepRep, which uses fewer pointers.</LI> |
---|
| 682 | <LI>Added initial viewpoint settings and a command to set the coordinate |
---|
| 683 | system.</LI> |
---|
| 684 | </UL></LI> |
---|
| 685 | <LI><B>OpenGL</B> |
---|
| 686 | <UL> |
---|
| 687 | <LI>Added <TT>G4OpenGL.hh</TT> wrapper file and adapted code to encapsulate |
---|
| 688 | inclusion of <TT>GL/gl.h</TT> and <TT>GL/glu.h</TT> that may be platform |
---|
| 689 | dependent. Cleared WIN32 ifdefs no longer necessary.</LI> |
---|
| 690 | </UL></LI> |
---|
| 691 | <LI><B>OpenInventor</B> |
---|
| 692 | <UL> |
---|
| 693 | <LI>Added copy of the few necessary HEPVis code. HEPVis module dependency |
---|
| 694 | is now no more needed.</LI> |
---|
| 695 | <LI>Ported code to run on Windows systems.</LI> |
---|
| 696 | <LI>Split Viewer to have <TT>G4OpenInventorXtViewer</TT> and |
---|
| 697 | <TT>G4OpenInventorWinViewer</TT>.</LI> |
---|
| 698 | <LI>Split <TT>G4OpenInventor</TT> to have <TT>G4OpenInventorXt</TT> and |
---|
| 699 | <TT>G4OpenInventorWin</TT>: Xt and Win to follow the conventions found |
---|
| 700 | in the OpenInventor environment.</LI> |
---|
| 701 | </UL></LI> |
---|
| 702 | <LI><B>RayTracer</B> |
---|
| 703 | <UL> |
---|
| 704 | <LI>Adopt DLLIMPORT/EXPORT technique to handle extern simbols for |
---|
| 705 | allowing support of DLLs on Windows.</LI> |
---|
| 706 | </UL></LI> |
---|
| 707 | <LI><B>VRML</B> |
---|
| 708 | <UL> |
---|
| 709 | <LI>Fixed typo in printout in <TT>G4VRML[1/2]FileSceneHandler</TT>.</LI> |
---|
| 710 | </UL></LI> |
---|
| 711 | </UL> |
---|
| 712 | |
---|
| 713 | <A NAME="data-notes"> |
---|
| 714 | <H3><I>Data sets</I></H3></A> |
---|
| 715 | <UL> |
---|
| 716 | <LI>New data set for elastic-scattering data at high-energies |
---|
| 717 | (above 1-GeV) for the <I>coherent_elastic</I> hadronic model.</LI> |
---|
| 718 | </UL> |
---|
| 719 | |
---|
| 720 | <A NAME="emlst-notes"> |
---|
| 721 | <H3><I>Electromagnetic physics-lists</I></H3></A> |
---|
| 722 | <UL> |
---|
| 723 | <LI>New module with samples of physics list for standard electromagnetic |
---|
| 724 | physics.</LI> |
---|
| 725 | </UL> |
---|
| 726 | |
---|
| 727 | <A NAME="env-notes"> |
---|
| 728 | <H3><I>Environments</I></H3></A> |
---|
| 729 | <UL> |
---|
| 730 | <LI>MOMO: new version of MOMO.jar archive including a bug-fix to GPE.</LI> |
---|
| 731 | </UL> |
---|
| 732 | |
---|
| 733 | <A NAME="g3tog4-notes"> |
---|
| 734 | <H3><I>G3toG4 Tool</I></H3></A> |
---|
| 735 | <UL> |
---|
| 736 | <LI>Removed hardwired <TT>gSeparator</TT> constant (a character which is |
---|
| 737 | used during generation of volume names) to '_'. Now <TT>gSeparator</TT> |
---|
| 738 | is made non constant and so can be changed in case a user wants to use |
---|
| 739 | '_' in his code.</LI> |
---|
| 740 | <LI><TT>G4gsrotm</TT>: commented warning about left-handled coordinates for |
---|
| 741 | rotation axes.</LI> |
---|
| 742 | </UL> |
---|
| 743 | |
---|
| 744 | <A NAME="ex-notes"> |
---|
| 745 | <H3><I>Examples</I></H3></A> |
---|
| 746 | <UL> |
---|
| 747 | <LI>Updated reference outputs.</LI> |
---|
| 748 | <LI><B>advanced</B> |
---|
| 749 | <UL> |
---|
| 750 | <LI>Implemented migration to AIDA 3.2.1</LI> |
---|
| 751 | <LI><I>composite_calorimeter</I> |
---|
| 752 | <UL> |
---|
| 753 | <LI>Changed use of the ntuple. Mechanism simplified and the ntuple |
---|
| 754 | is always correctly filled.</LI> |
---|
| 755 | </UL></LI> |
---|
| 756 | <LI><I>cosmicray_charging</I> |
---|
| 757 | <UL> |
---|
| 758 | <LI>New example illustrating an application aimed at simulating the |
---|
| 759 | electrostatic charging of isolated test masses in the LISA mission |
---|
| 760 | by galactic cosmic ray protons and helium nuclei.</LI> |
---|
| 761 | </UL></LI> |
---|
| 762 | <LI><I>hadrontherapy</I> |
---|
| 763 | <UL> |
---|
| 764 | <LI>New example illustrating an application simulating an hadron |
---|
| 765 | therapy beam line for medical physics.</LI> |
---|
| 766 | </UL></LI> |
---|
| 767 | <LI><I>medical_linac</I> |
---|
| 768 | <UL> |
---|
| 769 | <LI>New example simulating energy deposit in a Phantom filled with |
---|
| 770 | water for a typical linac used for intensity modulated radiation |
---|
| 771 | therapy. The experimental set-up is very similar to one used in |
---|
| 772 | clinical practice.</LI> |
---|
| 773 | </UL></LI> |
---|
| 774 | <LI><I>purging_magnet</I> |
---|
| 775 | <UL> |
---|
| 776 | <LI>New example illustrating an application that simulates electrons |
---|
| 777 | traveling through a 3D magnetic field; used in a medical |
---|
| 778 | environment for simulating a strong purging magnet in a treatment |
---|
| 779 | head.</LI> |
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| 780 | </UL></LI> |
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| 781 | <LI><I>radioprotection</I> |
---|
| 782 | <UL> |
---|
| 783 | <LI>New example illustrating an application to evaluate the dose in |
---|
| 784 | astronauts, in vehicle concepts and Moon surface habitat |
---|
| 785 | configurations, in a defined interplanetary space radiation |
---|
| 786 | environment.</LI> |
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| 787 | </UL></LI> |
---|
| 788 | </UL></LI> |
---|
| 789 | <LI><B>extended</B> |
---|
| 790 | <UL> |
---|
| 791 | <LI>Implemented migration to AIDA 3.2.1</LI> |
---|
| 792 | <LI><I>analysis</I> |
---|
| 793 | <UL> |
---|
| 794 | <LI><I>A01</I> |
---|
| 795 | <UL> |
---|
| 796 | <LI>Updated mac files for HepRep2 driver to set zoom factor |
---|
| 797 | and coordinate system and write separate geometry.</LI> |
---|
| 798 | </UL></LI> |
---|
| 799 | </UL></LI> |
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| 800 | <LI><I>electromagnetic</I> |
---|
| 801 | <UL> |
---|
| 802 | <LI><I>TestEm1</I>: |
---|
| 803 | <UL> |
---|
| 804 | <LI>PhysicsLists: removed Particles and General.</LI> |
---|
| 805 | <LI>EmPhysicsList: set G4eBremsstrahlungCMS as default.</LI> |
---|
| 806 | </UL></LI> |
---|
| 807 | <LI><I>TestEm2</I> |
---|
| 808 | <UL> |
---|
| 809 | <LI>Updated PhysicsList: use concept of builders per package.</LI> |
---|
| 810 | <LI>Added acceptance control.</LI> |
---|
| 811 | <LI>Added histogram name and type UI commands (AIDA, ROOT, JAS, |
---|
| 812 | and other output types are available).</LI> |
---|
| 813 | </UL></LI> |
---|
| 814 | <LI><I>TestEm3</I> |
---|
| 815 | <UL> |
---|
| 816 | <LI>Introduction of the class HistoManager.</LI> |
---|
| 817 | <LI>Possibility to have multi-runs histogram files.</LI> |
---|
| 818 | <LI>PhysicsLists: removed Particles and General.</LI> |
---|
| 819 | <LI>New macro <TT>dedx.max</TT> to quickly check <TT>dE/dx</TT> |
---|
| 820 | calculation.</LI> |
---|
| 821 | <LI>Added acceptance check activated by UI command.</LI> |
---|
| 822 | </UL></LI> |
---|
| 823 | <LI><I>TestEm5</I> |
---|
| 824 | <UL> |
---|
| 825 | <LI>Modified HistoManager and its messenger in order to allow |
---|
| 826 | for multi-run jobs.</LI> |
---|
| 827 | <LI>PhysicsLists: added HadronElastic, BinaryCascade, |
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| 828 | IonBinaryCascade. Removed Particles, General.</LI> |
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| 829 | <LI>New macro <TT>dedx.mac</TT>.</LI> |
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| 830 | <LI>Modified histo 7: projected position at exit.</LI> |
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| 831 | </UL></LI> |
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| 832 | <LI><I>TestEm7</I> |
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| 833 | <UL> |
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| 834 | <LI>PhysicsLists: removed Particles and General.</LI> |
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| 835 | </UL></LI> |
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| 836 | <LI><I>TestEm8</I> |
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| 837 | <UL> |
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| 838 | <LI>Updated test of PAI model.</LI> |
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| 839 | </UL></LI> |
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| 840 | <LI><I>TestEm9</I> |
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| 841 | <UL> |
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| 842 | <LI>Removed Clean of <TT>G4RegionStore</TT>, instead delete |
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| 843 | regions one by one.</LI> |
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| 844 | <LI>Added acceptance printout.</LI> |
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| 845 | <LI>Added <TT>histclean</TT> target to <TT>GNUmakefile</TT>.</LI> |
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| 846 | </UL></LI> |
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| 847 | <LI><I>MuonProcesses</I> |
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| 848 | <UL> |
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| 849 | <LI>New example intended to check implementation of the processes |
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| 850 | of muon interactions: ionization, direct (e+,e-) production, |
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| 851 | bremsstrahlung, mu-nuclear interaction. |
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| 852 | It allows to compute differential cross sections (as function |
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| 853 | of the energy transfered to secondaries), total cross sections |
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| 854 | and to compare with analytic calculations.</LI> |
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| 855 | </UL></LI> |
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| 856 | <LI><I>PhotonProcesses</I> |
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| 857 | <UL> |
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| 858 | <LI>New test devoted to the photon processes: gamma conversion, |
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| 859 | coherent and incoherent scattering, photoelectric effect. |
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| 860 | It allows to compute absorption coefficients and to plot |
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| 861 | </UL></LI> |
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| 862 | </UL></LI> |
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| 863 | <LI><I>optical</I> |
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| 864 | <UL> |
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| 865 | <LI>New example <I>LXe</I> demonstrating the use of optical processes |
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| 866 | in a multi-purpose detector setup.</LI> |
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| 867 | </UL></LI> |
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| 868 | <LI><I>parallel</I> |
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| 869 | <UL> |
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| 870 | <LI>New example <I>ExDiane</I> showing parallelisation of the |
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| 871 | 'brachytherapy' example using the DIANE framework |
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| 872 | (see <A HREF="http://cern.ch/diane">http://cern.ch/diane</A>).</LI> |
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| 873 | <LI>Bug fix in ParRunManager for ParN02 and ParN04 TOP-C examples.</LI> |
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| 874 | </UL></LI> |
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| 875 | </UL></LI> |
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| 876 | <LI><B>novice</B> |
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| 877 | <UL> |
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| 878 | <LI><I>N02</I> |
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| 879 | <UL> |
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| 880 | <LI>Removed UI vis commands from run-action.</LI> |
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| 881 | <LI>Code cleanup in physics-list.</LI> |
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| 882 | <LI>Corrected definition of XenonGas in detector-contruction.</LI> |
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| 883 | </UL></LI> |
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| 884 | <LI><I>N03</I> |
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| 885 | <UL> |
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| 886 | <LI>Use G4UI_USE_WIN32 to have a default Windows GUI coworking |
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| 887 | with the OpenGL Windows driver on Windows.</LI> |
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| 888 | <LI>New macro <TT>exN03Vis9.mac</TT>, demo of the OpenGL Windows |
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| 889 | driver. Update to the <TT>gui.mac</TT> menu items.</LI> |
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| 890 | <LI>Code cleanup in physics-list.</LI> |
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| 891 | </UL></LI> |
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| 892 | <LI><I>N06</I> |
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| 893 | <UL> |
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| 894 | <LI>Change e+ energy in primary-generator to 500 keV.</LI> |
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| 895 | <LI>Removed UI vis commands from run-action.</LI> |
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| 896 | </UL></LI> |
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| 897 | </UL></LI> |
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