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3<TITLE>Changes to Users Documentation</TITLE>
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11<B>Changes History of User's Documents</B>
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20<font COLOR="#238E23">
21<h2>Version: Geant4 9.2 Revison01 (June 2009) </h2>
22</font>
23<HR ALIGN="Center">
24<br />
25
26<p>
27<b><u>User's Guide: For Application Developers</u></b>
28</p>
29<ul>
30<b>- Modified Chapters/Sections</b>
31 <ul>
32 <li>8.5.6. Visualization of hits
33 <li>5.4.7. Special tracking cuts
34 <li>FAQ.6. Visualization
35 </ul>
36</ul>
37
38<p>
39<b><u>User's Guide: For Toolkit Developers</u></b>
40</p>
41<ul>
42<b>- Modified Chapters/Sections</b>
43 <ul>
44 <li><b>All</b> figures in the manual are replaced with
45 higher resolution ones.
46 </ul>
47</ul>
48
49
50
51
52<!-- ============================================== Section -->
53<HR ALIGN="Center">
54<font COLOR="#238E23">
55<h2>Version: Geant4 9.2 (December 2008) </h2>
56</font>
57<HR ALIGN="Center">
58<br />
59
60<p>
61<b><u>User's Guide: For Application Developers</u></b>
62</p>
63<ul>
64<b>- Newly Added Chapters/Sections</b>
65 <ul>
66 <li>4.1.14. Importing ASCII Text Models
67 <li>Appendix Python Interface
68 </ul>
69<br />
70
71<b>- Modified Chapters/Sections</b>
72 <ul>
73 <li>2.1. How to Define the main() Program
74 <li>2.4. How to Specify Particles
75 <li>2.10. How to Visualize the Detector and Events
76 <li>2.8. How to Set Up an Interactive Session
77 <li>3.1. Class Categories and Domains
78 <li>4.1.2. Solids
79 <li>4.1.3. Logical Volumes
80 <li>4.1.6. Creating an Assembly of Volumes
81 <li>4.1.8. The Geometry Navigator
82 <li>4.1.9. A Simple Geometry Editor
83 <li>4.1.10. Converting Geometries from Geant3.21
84 <li>4.1.13. Importing XML Models Using GDML
85 <li>4.7. Parallel Geometries
86 <li>4.6. Object Persistency
87 <li>5.2. Physics Processes
88 <li>5.3.2 Definition of a particle
89 <li>5.6. Physics Table
90 <li>8.1. Introduction to Visualization
91 <li>8.2. Adding Visualization to Your Executable
92 <li>8.4. Controlling Visualization from Commands
93 <li>8.10. Making a Movie
94 <li>9.3. Advanced Examples
95 <li>Appendix CLHEP Foundation Library
96 <li>Appendix Development and debug tools
97 <li>Appendix Makefiles and Environment Variables
98 <li>Appendix Tips for Program Compilation
99 </ul>
100</ul>
101
102<p>
103<b><u>User's Guide: For Toolkit Developers</u></b>
104</p>
105<ul>
106<b>- Newly Added Chapters/Sections</b>
107 <ul>
108 <li>3.3. Particles
109 </ul>
110</ul>
111
112<p>
113<b><u>Installation Guide</u></b>
114</p>
115<ul>
116<b>- Modified Chapters/Sections</b>
117 <ul>
118 <li>1. Installation Introduction
119 <li>2. Installation Procedures
120 </ul>
121</ul>
122
123<p>
124<b><u>Physics Reference Manual</u></b>
125</p>
126
127<ul>
128<b>- Modified Chapters/Sections</b>
129 <ul>
130 <li>5.1 The Interaction Length or Mean Free Path
131 <li>6.1 Introduction
132 <li>7.2 Energy loss fluctuations
133 <li>7.4 Conversion from range cut to kinetic energy cut
134 <li>7.5 Multiple Scattering
135 <li>8.1 Ionization
136
137 </ul>
138</ul>
139
140
141<!-- ============================================== Section -->
142<HR ALIGN="Center">
143<font COLOR="#238E23">
144<h2>Version: Geant4 9.1 (December 2007) </h2>
145</font>
146<HR ALIGN="Center">
147<br />
148
149<p>
150<b><u>User's Guide: For Application Developers</u></b>
151</p>
152<ul>
153<b>- Newly Added Chapters/Sections</b>
154 <ul>
155 <li>4.1.14. Saving geometry tree objects in binary format
156 <li>4.8. Command-based scoring
157 <li>5.2.1.3. Very Low energy Electromagnetic Processes (Geant4 DNA extension)
158 </ul>
159<br />
160
161<b>- Modified Chapters/Sections</b>
162 <ul>
163 <li>3.2. Global Usage Classes
164 <li>4.1. Geometry
165 <li>5.2.1.1. "Standard" Electromagnetic Processes
166 <li>5.2.5.4. Tracking of Photons in processes/optical
167 <li>9.2. Extended Examples
168 <li>Appendix 1. Tips for Program Compilation
169 <li>Appendix 2. Histogramming
170 <li>Appendix 5. Makefiles and Environment Variables
171 </ul>
172</ul>
173
174<p>
175<b><u>Installation Guide</u></b>
176</p>
177<ul>
178<b>- Modified Chapters/Sections</b>
179 <ul>
180 <li>1. Installation Introduction
181 <li>2. Installation Procedures
182 <li>3. Tips for Installing on Windows
183 </ul>
184</ul>
185
186<p>
187<b><u>Physics Reference Manual</u></b>
188</p>
189
190<ul>
191<b>- Modified Chapters/Sections</b>
192 <ul>
193 <li>6.2 PhotoElectric effect
194 <li>7.5 Multiple Scattering
195 <li>7.7 Ion Scattering
196 <li>11 Polarized Electron/Positron/Gamma Incident
197 <li>7.6 Single Scattering
198 </ul>
199</ul>
200
201
202<!-- ============================================== Section -->
203<HR ALIGN="Center">
204<font COLOR="#238E23">
205<h2>Version: Geant4 9.0 (June 2007) </h2>
206</font>
207<HR ALIGN="Center">
208<br />
209
210<p>
211<b><u>User's Guide: For Application Developers</u></b>
212</p>
213<ul>
214<b>- Newly Added Chapters/Sections</b>
215 <ul>
216 <li>5.8. Track Error Propagation
217 </ul>
218<br />
219
220<b>- Modified Chapters/Sections</b>
221 <ul>
222 <li>2.8 How to Set Up an Interactive Session
223 <li>3.7 Event Biasing Techniques
224 <li>4.1.8 The Geometry Navigator
225 <li>4.4 Hits
226 <li>5.2.1 Electromagnetic Interactions
227 <li>8.4 Controlling Visualization from Commands
228 <li>8.10 Making a Movie
229 <li>9.2.1 Extended Example Summary
230 <li>Appendix 6.1 Building on MS Visual C++
231 <li>Appendix 3 CLHEP Foundation Library
232 <li>Appendix 5 Makefiles and Environment Variables
233 <li>Appendix 4 C++ Standard Template Library
234 </ul>
235</ul>
236
237<p>
238<b><u>Physics Reference Manual</u></b>
239</p>
240<ul>
241<b>- Modified Chapters/Sections</b>
242 <ul>
243 <li>7.1 Computing the Mean Energy Loss
244 <li>7.3 Correcting the cross section for energy variation
245 <li>7.4 Conversion from range to kinetic energy
246 <li>7.5 Multiple Scattering
247 <li>8.1 Ionization
248 <li>8.2 Bremsstrahlung
249 <li>8.4 Positron - Electron Annihilation into Muon - Anti-muoni
250 <li>9.1 Ionization
251 <li>10.1 Ionization
252 <li>12.10 Hadron and Ion Ionisation
253 <li>21.3.2 Intra-nuclear Cascade
254 </ul>
255</ul>
256
257<p>
258<b><u>Installation Guide</u></b>
259</p>
260<ul>
261<b>- Modified Chapters/Sections</b>
262 <ul>
263 <li>1. Installation Introduction
264 <li>2. Installation Procedures
265 <li>3. Tips for Installing on Windows
266 </ul>
267</ul>
268
269<br /><br /><br />
270
271
272<!-- ============================================== Section -->
273<HR ALIGN="Center">
274<font COLOR="#238E23">
275<h2>Version: Geant4 8.3 (May 2007) </h2>
276</font>
277<HR ALIGN="Center">
278<br />
279
280<p>
281<b><u>Installation Guide: For setting up Geant4 in your computing environment</u></b>
282</p>
283<ul>
284<b>- Modified Chapters/Sections</b>
285 <ul>
286 <li>1.1 Supported Computers and Operating Systems
287 <li>2.1 Using the Configure Script for installation
288 <li>3.1 Windows with the Cygwin Toolset and Microsoft Visual C++
289 </ul>
290</ul>
291
292<p>
293<b><u>User's Guide: For Application Developers</u></b>
294</p>
295<ul>
296<b>- Modified Chapters/Sections</b>
297 <ul>
298 <li>4.1.2 Solids
299 <li>4.1.11 Detecting Overlapping Volumes
300 <li>4.3 Electromagnetic Field
301 <li>5.2.5 Optical Photon Processes
302 <li>9.2.1 Extended Example Summary
303 </ul>
304</ul>
305
306
307<br /><br /><br />
308
309
310<!-- ============================================== Section -->
311<HR ALIGN="Center">
312<font COLOR="#238E23">
313<h2>Version: Geant4 8.2 (December 2006) </h2>
314</font>
315<HR ALIGN="Center">
316<br />
317
318<ul>
319<li><b>Installation Guide: For setting up Geant4 in your computing
320 environment</b>
321 <ul>
322 <li> Chapter 3, Tips for Installing on Windows
323 <ul>
324 <li>Section 3.1 Windows with the Cygwin Toolset and Microsoft Visual C++
325 <ul>
326 <li>Information on Visual Studio removed.
327 </ul>
328 <li>Section 3.2 Building Kernel Libraries DLLs
329 <ul>
330 <li>The note related to physics lists removed.
331 </ul>
332 </ul>
333 </ul>
334
335<li><b>User's Guide: For Application Developers</b>
336
337 <ul>
338 <li>Chapter 3. Toolkit Fundamentals
339 <ul>
340 <li>Section 3.7 Event Biasing Techniques
341 <ul>
342 <li>Subsection 3.7.2 Physics Based Biasing
343 <ul>
344 <li>New subsection added.
345 </ul>
346 </ul>
347 </ul>
348
349 <li>Chapter 4, Detector Definition and Response
350 <ul>
351 <li>Section 4.1, Geometry
352 <ul>
353 <li>Subsection 4.1.2, Solids
354 <ul>
355 <li>Information about GetSurfaceArea() added.
356 </ul>
357 <li>Subsection 4.1.6, Creating an Assembly of Volume
358 <ul>
359 <li>Destruction of an assembly volume modified.
360 </ul>
361 <li>Subsection 4.1.8, The Geometry Navigator
362 <ul>
363 <li>>Subsubsections '4.1.8.3 Navigation in parallel geometries' and
364 '4.1.8.2 Using the navigator to locate points' added.
365 </ul>
366 <li>Subsection 4.4.6, Concrete classes of <i>G4VPrimitiveScorer</i>
367 <ul>
368 <li>G4PSCellCharge information added.
369 </ul>
370 </ul>
371 <li>New Section 'Parallel Geometries' added.
372 </ul>
373 <li>Chapter 6. User Actions
374 <ul>
375 <li>Section 6.2 Optional User Actions
376 <ul>
377 <li>Information added to 'G4UserEventAction'
378 </ul>
379 </ul>
380 <li>Chapter 8. Visualization
381 <ul>
382 <li>Section 8.3 The Visualization Drivers
383 <ul>
384 <li>Subsection 8.3.8 RayTracer
385 <ul>
386 <li>More information added.
387 </ul>
388 </ul>
389 <li>Section 8.4 Controlling Visualization from Commands
390 <ul>
391 <li>Subsection 8.4.15 Cut view
392 <ul>
393 <li>The part 'Cutting away' modified.
394 <li>More reference added.
395 </ul>
396 <li>Subsection 8.4.16 Tutorial macros
397 <ul>
398 <li>More tutorial references added.
399 </ul>
400 </ul>
401 <li>Section 8.5 Controlling Visualization from Compiled Code
402 <ul>
403 <li>Minor correction at the introduction part.
404 </ul>
405 <li>Section 8.6 Visualization Attributes
406 <ul>
407 <li>Subsection 8.6.3 Forcing attributes
408 <ul>
409 <li>Added information on visualisation of a circle.
410 </ul>
411 </ul>
412 <li>Section 8.7 Enhanced Trajectory Drawing
413 <ul>
414 <li>Subsection 8.7.1 Default Configuration
415 <ul>
416 <li>Time slice interval added.
417 </ul>
418 <li>Subsection 8.7.2 Trajectory Drawing Models
419 <ul>
420 <li>Information of G4TrajectoryDrawByAttribute added.
421 </ul>
422 <li>Subsection 8.7.3 Controlling from Commands
423 <ul>
424 <li>Added the part 'Configure drawByAttribute-0 model'.
425 </ul>
426 </ul>
427 <li>Section 8.8 Filtering
428 <ul>
429 <li>New section added.
430 <li>Subsection 8.8.1 Trajectory Filtering
431 <ul>
432 <li>New subsection number added.
433 <li>Added information of G4TrajectoryAttributeFilter.
434 <li>Subsection 8.8.1.2 Example commands
435 <ul>
436 <li>More example added.
437 </ul>
438 </ul>
439 <li>Section 8.9 Polylines, Markers and Text
440 <ul>
441 <li>Section number changed from 8.8 to 8.9.
442 </ul>
443 </ul>
444 <li>Section 8.10 Making a Movie
445 <ul>
446 <li>New section added.
447 </ul>
448 </ul>
449
450 <li>Chapter 9. Examples
451 <ul>
452 <li>Section 9.2, Extended Examples
453 <ul>
454 <li>Subsection 9.2.1, Extended Example Summary
455 <ul>
456 <li>Hadronic example added.
457 </ul>
458 </ul>
459 <li>Section 9.3, Advanced Examples
460 <ul>
461 <li>The 'human_phantom' reference added.
462 </ul>
463 </ul>
464
465 <li>Appendix
466 <ul>
467 <li> Section 10.6, Build for MS Visual C++
468 <ul>
469 <li>Visual Studio related information added.
470 </ul>
471 <li>Section 10.1, Tips for Program Compilation
472 <ul>
473 <li>Subsection 10.1.5, Windows - MS Visual C++
474 <ul>
475 <li>Compilation with debug symbols changed.
476 </ul>
477 <li>Subsection 10.1.6, MacOS-X - g++
478 <ul>
479 <li>Optimization inforamtion changed.
480 </ul>
481 </ul>
482 </ul>
483 </ul>
484
485<li><b>User's Guide - For Toolkit Developers</b>
486 <ul>
487 <li> Chapter 2, Design and Function of Geant4 Categories
488 <ul>
489 <li>Section 13, Visualization
490 <ul>
491 <li>Subsection 'LineSegmentsPerCircle' added.
492 </ul>
493 </ul>
494 <li> Chapter 3, Extending Toolkit Functionality
495 <ul>
496 <li>Section, Visualization
497 <ul>
498 <li>Substantial update done.
499 </ul>
500 </ul>
501 </ul>
502
503<li><b>Physics Reference Manual</b>
504 <ul>
505 <li> Chapter 3, Electromagnetic Interactions
506 <ul>
507 <li>Section 11, Low Energy Extensions
508 <ul>
509 <li>Subsection Photoelectric effect
510 <ul>
511 <li>Minor modification.
512 </ul>
513 </ul>
514 <li>Section 7. Common to All Charged Particles
515 <ul>
516 <li>Subsection 5, multiple Scattering
517 <ul>
518 <li>New subsubsection 'Step Limitation Algorithm' and
519 'Boundary Crossing Algorithm' created.
520 <li>Other miscellaenous changes.
521 </ul>
522 </ul>
523 </ul>
524 <li> Chapter 11, Polarized Electron/Positorn/Gamma Incident
525 <ul>
526 <li>New chapter added.
527 </ul>
528 </ul>
529</ul>
530
531<br>
532
533
534<!-- ============================================== Section -->
535<hr>
536<font COLOR="#238E23">
537<h2>Version: Geant4 8.1 (June 2006) </h2>
538</font>
539<hr>
540<br />
541
542<ul>
543
544<li><b>Installation Guide: For setting up Geant4 in your computing
545 environment</b>
546 <ul>
547 <li> Chapter 1, Introduction
548 <ul>
549 <li>Section 1.1, Supported Computers and Operating Systems
550 <ul>
551 <li> update for Linux
552 </ul>
553 </ul>
554 <li> Chapter 2, Installation Procedures
555 <ul>
556 <li>Section 2.3, Installation of Hadronic Physics Lists
557 <ul>
558 <li> add note about physics list installation with global Geant4
559 libraries
560 </ul>
561 </ul>
562 </ul>
563<li><b>User's Guide: For Application Developers</b>
564 <ul>
565 <li> Chapter 4, Detector Definition and Response
566 <ul>
567 <li> Section 4.1, Geometry
568 <ul>
569 <li> Subsection 4.1.2, Solids:
570 <ul>
571 <li>Subsection 4.1.2.2, Solids made by Boolean operations: correct examples
572 <li>add new subsection 4.1.2.4, Tessellated solids
573 </ul>
574 <li> Subsection 4.1.4, Physical Volumes: correct source listing numbers
575 <li> Subsection 4.1.7, Reflecting Hierarchies of Volumes
576 <ul>
577 <li>correct source listing numbers
578 <li>update argument list for G4PhysicalVolumePair
579 <li>revision of discussion of Place() method and argument list
580 </ul>
581 <li> Subsection 4.1.6, Creating an Assembly of Volumes
582 <ul>
583 <li>correct figure numbers and code listing numbers
584 <li>add discussion of constituent volume access
585 <li>more discussion of MakeImprint method
586 </ul>
587 <li> Subsection 4.1.9, Geometry Setups: correct source listing numbers
588 <li> Subsection 4.1.11, Detecting Overlaps
589 <ul>
590 <li>correct figure numbers
591 <li>update DAWN links
592 </ul>
593 <li> Subsection 4.1.13, Importing XML models Using GDML: remove DAWN links
594 </ul>
595 <li> Section 4.2, Materials
596 <ul>
597 <li> Subsection 4.2.3, Recipes for Building Materials
598 <ul>
599 <li> Add C, Pb to NIST example
600 </ul>
601 </ul>
602 <li> Section 4.3, Electromagnetic Field
603 <ul>
604 <li> New subsection 4.3.3, Spin Tracking
605 </ul>
606 <li> Section 4.6, Persistency
607 <ul>
608 <li> New subsection 4.6.2: Using Reflex for persistency of geant4 objects
609 </ul>
610 </ul>
611 <li> Chapter 5, Tracking and Physics
612 <ul>
613 <li>Section 5.2, Physics
614 <ul>
615 <li>Subsection 5.2.1, Electromagnetic Interactions
616 <ul>
617 <li>Subsubsection 5.2.1.1, Standard EM processes
618 <ul>
619 <li> add list of steering options for standard EM processes
620 <li> add discussion of G4EmCalculator (which accesses cross sections,
621 stopping powers
622 </ul>
623 <li> Subsubsection 5.2.1.2, Low Energy EM processes
624 <ul>
625 <li> add discussion of options for photo-electron angular distributions
626 </ul>
627 </ul>
628 <li>Subsection 5.2.5, Optical Photons
629 <ul>
630 <li>add discussion of linear polarization
631 </ul>
632 </ul>
633 </ul>
634 <li> Chapter 8, Visualization
635 <ul>
636 <li> Section 8.3, The Visualization Drivers
637 <ul>
638 <li>Subsection 8.3.2 OpenGL
639 <ul>
640 <li>update discussion
641 <li>provide control options with or without Motif
642 </ul>
643 <li>Subsection 8.3.3 Open Inventor
644 <ul>
645 <li>update discussion
646 <li>update links
647 </ul>
648 </ul>
649 </ul>
650 <li> Chapter 9, Examples
651 <ul>
652 <li> Section 9.2 Extended: add links to and descriptions of TestEm0, TestEm13-17
653 <li> Section 9.3 Advanced: add pointers to three new examples:
654 <ul>
655 <li>cellular irradiation beamline
656 <li>effects of chip carrier on radiation monitoring devices
657 <li>estimate of effect of photonuclear reactions in calorimeters
658 </ul>
659 </ul>
660 <li> Chapter 10, Appendix
661 <ul>
662 <li> Subsection 10.1.5 Windows - MV Visual C++: add link to Installation Guide
663 <li> Subsection 10.1.6 MacOS-X - g++:update dynamic library discussion
664 <li> Subsection 10.5.1 GNUmake system in Geant4: add link to Installation Guide
665 </ul>
666 </ul>
667
668<li><b>Physics Reference Manual</b>
669 <ul>
670 <li> Chapter 7, Common to All Charged Particles
671 <ul>
672 <li> Section 5, Multiple scattering:
673 <ul>
674 <li> update parameter in formula for theta_0
675 <li> update stepping and model parameters
676 <li> add Mayol and Salvat reference
677 </ul>
678 </ul>
679 <li> Chapter 8, Electron Incident
680 <ul>
681 <li> New Section 5, Positron-electron annihilation to hadrons
682 <li> Section 6, Synchrotron Radiation: replaced by new version
683 </ul>
684 </ul>
685
686<li><b>User's Guide: For Toolkit Developers</b>
687 <ul>
688 <li> Chapter 19, Extending Toolkit Functionality: Visualization
689 <ul>
690 <li> updated
691 <li> new class diagram figure
692 </ul>
693 </ul>
694</ul>
695
696<br>
697
698
699<!-- ============================================== Section -->
700<hr>
701<font COLOR="#238E23">
702<h2>Version: Geant4 8.0 (December 2005) </h2>
703</font>
704<hr>
705<br />
706
707<ul>
708
709<li><b>Installation Guide: For setting up Geant4 in your computing
710 environment</b>
711 <ul>
712 <li> Chapter 1, Introduction
713 <ul>
714 <li>Section 1.3, Visualization Software: update links
715 </ul>
716 <li> Chapter 2, Installation Procedures
717 <ul>
718 <li>new Section 2.3, Installation of Hadronic Physics Lists
719 <li>Old section 2.3 becomes 2.4
720 </ul>
721 <li> Chapter 3, Tips for Installing on Windows
722 <ul>
723 <li>Section 3.1, Windows with Cygwin Toolset and Microsoft Visual C++
724 <ul>
725 <li> update download link
726 <li> remove paragraph on limitations of MS-VC++ optimizer
727 <li> add link to Getting Started with Cygwin
728 </ul>
729 <li>Section 3.2: add note on physics list installation
730 </ul>
731 </ul>
732<li><b>User's Guide: For Application Developers</b>
733 <ul>
734 <li> Chapter 2, Getting Started
735 <ul>
736 <li> Section 10, How to Visualize the Detector and Events
737 <ul>
738 <li> subsection 2.10.2, Visualization Drivers: re-written
739 <li> remove subsection 2.10.5, Scene, Scene Handler, and Viewer,
740 subsection 2.10.6, Sample Visualization Sessions, becomes 2.10.5
741 <li> remove subsections 2.10.7, 2.10.8 (duplication of viz commands in Section 7.1)
742 <li> new subsection 2.10.6, More Information on Geant4 Visualization: pointer to the Visualization chapter
743 </ul>
744 </ul>
745 <li> Chapter 4, Detector Definition and Response
746 <ul>
747 <li> Section 4.1, Geometry: split into 13 separate pages, one for each
748 subsection
749 <ul>
750 <li> Subsection 4.1.2, Solids:
751 <ul>
752 <li>added Mathematica volume pictures
753 <li>mention method to add pseudo-random points on volume surfaces
754 </ul>
755 <li> Subsection 4.1.4, Physics Volumes:
756 <ul>
757 <li>update parameterized volume sample listings to add surface
758 checking flag
759 <li>add paragraph on advanced parameterizations for nested parameterized
760 volumes
761 </ul>
762 <li> Subsection 4.1.11, Detecting Overlapping Volumes: add paragraph on
763 detecting overlaps at construction
764 </ul>
765 <li> Section 4.2, Materials
766 <ul>
767 <li> Subsection 4.2.2, Introduction to the Classes
768 <ul>
769 <li> G4Element paragraph: add discussion on element access
770 <li> G4Material paragraph: add link to material names
771 </ul>
772 </ul>
773 <li> Section 4.4, Hits
774 <ul>
775 <li> Subsection 4.4.1, Hit: added discussion of G4THitsMap
776 <li> New subsection 4.4.5: MultiFunctional Detector and Primitive Scorer
777 <li> New subsection 4.4.6: Concrete Classes of G4VPrimitiveScorer
778 <li> New subsection 4.4.7: G4VSDFilter and derived classes
779 </ul>
780 </ul>
781 <li> Chapter 5, Tracking and Physics
782 <ul>
783 <li>Section 5.2, Physics
784 <ul>
785 <li>Subsection 5.2.6, Parameterization
786 <ul>
787 <li>updates for use of G4Region
788 <li>Subsubsection 5.2.6.2, Overview of Parameterization
789 Components : new Fast Simulation figure
790 </ul>
791 </ul>
792 </ul>
793 <li> Chapter 7, Communication and Control
794 <ul>
795 <li> Section 7.1, Built-in Commands: update and expand visualization commands
796 </ul>
797 <li> Chapter 8, Visualization
798 <ul>
799 <li> Section 8.1, Introduction: re-written
800 <li> Section 8.2, New title: Adding Visualization to Your Executable
801 <ul>
802 <li> re-written
803 <li> was section 8.5
804 </ul>
805 <li> Section 8.3, New title: The Visualization Drivers - was section 8.6
806 <li> Section 8.4, New title: Controlling Visualization from Commands
807 <ul>
808 <li>updated, with expanded discussion of visualizing trajectories
809 <li>paragraph added on enhanced trajectory drawing
810 <li> parts of this section moved from Section 2.10 (in Getting Started Chapter)
811 <li> other parts from old Section 8.7 (Interactive Visualization)
812 </ul>
813 <li> Section 8.5, New title: Controlling Visualization from Compiled Code - was section 8.8
814 <li> Section 8.6, Visualization Attributes
815 <ul>
816 <li> updated, with new discussion of color mapping
817 <li> was section 8.3
818 </ul>
819 <li> New Section 8.7, Enhanced Trajectory Drawing
820 <li> Old sections 8.7 Interactive Visualization, 8.8 Non-interactive Visualization,
821 and 8.10 More on Visualization, removed and parts distributed to other sections.
822 Section 8.2, What Can Be Visualized? - removed.
823 </ul>
824 <li> Chapter 9, Examples
825 <ul>
826 <li> Section 9.1 Novice: updated and expanded discussion of example N07
827 <li> Section 9.2 Extended: update links
828 </ul>
829 <li> Chapter 10, Appendix
830 <ul>
831 <li> Subsection 10.5.2 Environment Variables: add RayTracer env. vars.
832 </ul>
833 </ul>
834
835<li><b>Physics Reference Manual</b>
836 <ul>
837 <li> Chapter 7, Common to All Charged Particles
838 <ul>
839 <li> Section 6, Transition radiation: improved discussion
840 <li> Section 9, Photoabsorption ionization model: improved
841 discussion of use in physics list
842 </ul>
843 <li> Chapter 22, Parton String Model
844 <ul>
845 <li> Section 1, use correct units for value of hbarc
846 </ul>
847 <li> Chapter 23, Chiral Invariant Phase Space Model
848 <ul>
849 <li> add new section on neutrino interactions
850 </ul>
851 <li> Chapter 33, Low Energy Neutron Interactions
852 <ul>
853 <li> new section 33.3 on using low energy paramterized models when
854 high precision models cannot be
855 </ul>
856 </ul>
857
858<li><b>User's Guide: For Toolkit Developers</b>
859 <ul>
860 <li> Chapter 13, Design and Function: Visualization
861 <ul>
862 <li> Class Design section: add discussion for creating a new graphics
863 system
864 <li> Modeling Sub-category section: add discussion of G4VTrajectoryModel
865 <li> new section on visualization attributes
866 </ul>
867 <li> Chapter 19, Extending Toolkit Functionality: Visualization
868 <ul>
869 <li> new section: Creating a new graphics driver
870 <li> new section: Enhanced trajectory drawing
871 </ul>
872 </ul>
873</ul>
874
875<br>
876<hr>
877
878<!-- ============================================== Section -->
879<FONT COLOR="#238E23">
880<H2>Version: Geant4 7.1 (June 2005) </H2>
881</FONT>
882<ul>
883
884<li><b>Installation Guide: For setting up Geant4 in your computing
885 environment</b>
886 <ul>
887 <li> Chapter 1, Installation introduction
888 <ul>
889 <li>Section 1.3 Visualization software - add link to WIRED</li>
890 </ul></li>
891 <li> Chapter 2, Installation procedures
892 <ul>
893 <li>"Using the configure script" is now section 2.1</li>
894 <li>"Installing Geant4 manually" is now section 2.2
895 <ul>
896 <li>change environment variable G4USE_G3TOG4 to G4LIB_BUILD_G3TOG4</li>
897 </ul></li>
898 </ul></li>
899 <li> Chapter 3, Tips for installing on Windows
900 <ul>
901 <li>Windows with the Cygwin toolset and MS Visual C++
902 <ul>
903 <li>change Cygwin links</li>
904 <li>add sentence on package selection</li>
905 <li>remove mention of Visual Studio .NET 7.1</li>
906 <li>update Cygwin installation instructions</li>
907 </ul></li>
908 </ul></li>
909 </ul></li>
910
911<li><b>User's Guide: For Application Developers</b>
912 <ul>
913 <li>Chapter 2, Getting Started
914 <ul>
915 <li>Section 2.1 How to Define the main() Program
916 <ul>
917 <li>Subsection 2.1.4 G4UIManager and UI Command Submission:
918 replace N02VisManager with G4VisExecutive</li>
919 </ul></li>
920 <li>Section 2.3 How to Specify Materials in the Detector
921 <ul>
922 <li>add subsection 2.3.5: Define a Material from the Geant4 Material
923 Database</li>
924 <li>move subsection on Print Material Information to 2.3.6</li>
925 </ul></li>
926 <li>Section 2.9 How to Execute a Program
927 <ul>
928 <li>Subsection 2.9.4 Interactive Mode Driven by Command Lines:
929 in source code listing 2.9.4 replace new MyVisManager with
930 new G4VisExecutive</li>
931 <li>Subsection 2.9.5 General Case: in source listing 2.9.5 replace new
932 N03VisManager by new G4VisExecutive</li>
933 </ul></li>
934 <li>Section 2.10 How to visualize the Detector and Events
935 <ul>
936 <li>Subsection 2.10.2 Visualization Drivers: change G4VIS_BUILE to
937 G4VIS_BUILD</li>
938 <li>Subsection 2.10.3 How to Incorporate Visualization Drivers into an
939 Executable: update to include G4VisExecutive</li>
940 <li>Subsection 2.10.4 Writing the main() Method to Include Visualization:
941 <ul>
942 <li>update source listing 2.101 to include G4VisExecutive</li>
943 <li>expand last paragraph
944 </ul></li>
945 <li>Subsection 2.10.8 Visualization of the Detector Geometry Tree:
946 delete RegisterGraphicsSystem lines</li>
947 </ul></li>
948 </ul></li>
949
950 <li>Chapter 4, Detector
951 <ul>
952 <li> Section 4.1 Geometry
953 <ul>
954 <li>Subsection 4.1.2 CSG Solids
955 <ul>
956 <li>add new constructor for general twisted trapezoid</li>
957 <li>add G4TwistedTrd</li>
958 <li>subsection 4.1.2.2: Solids made by boolean operations - correction
959 of first and second volume in discussion
960 </ul></li>
961 <li>Subsection 4.1.5 Touchables: Uniquely Identifying a Volume:
962 clarification of first paragraph, and addition of arguments to
963 method names</li>
964 <li>New subsection 4.1.12 Dynamic Geometry Setups</li>
965 <li>Subsection 4.1.13 move subsection on Importing XML Models Using
966 GDML to here</li>
967 </ul></li>
968 <li> Section 4.2 Material
969 <ul>
970 <li>Subsection 4.2.2 Introduction to the Classes: add paragraph on
971 internal material database</li>
972 <li>Subsection 4.2.3 All the ways to build a material: add source
973 listing showing how to use internal database</li>
974 </ul></li>
975 <li> Section 4.3 Electromagnetic Field
976 <ul>
977 <li>Subsection 4.3.2 Practical Aspects
978 <ul>
979 <li>"Creating a Non-Magnetic Field" replaced by
980 "Creating an Electric or Electromagnetic Field</li>
981 <li>update source listing 4.3.1</li>
982 <li>add paragraph on alternate steppers</li>
983 <li>update source listing 4.3.2</li>
984 </ul></li>
985 </ul></li>
986 </ul></li>
987
988 <li>Chapter 5, Tracking and Physics
989 <ul>
990 <li> Section 5.2 Physics Processes
991 <ul>
992 <li> Subsection 5.2.1 EM Interactions:
993 <ul>
994 <li>add list of muon processes</li>
995 <li>add paragraph on model classes</li>
996 <li>add positron annihilation going to muons and to hadrons</li>
997 <li>include physics list code showing model registration</li>
998 </ul></li>
999 </ul></li>
1000 </ul></li>
1001
1002 <li> Chapter 8, Visualization
1003 <ul>
1004 <li>Section 8.1 Introduction: replace MyVisManager with G4VisExecutive</li>
1005 <li>Section 8.5 Making a Visualization Executable
1006 <ul>
1007 <li>Subsection 8.5.2 How to Realize Visualization Drivers in an
1008 Executable: replace recipe with paragraph including G4VisExecutive,
1009 remove reference to ExN03VisManager</li>
1010 <li>Subsection 8.5.3 How to Write the main() Function
1011 <ul>
1012 <li>rewrite first paragraph to refer to G4VisExecutive</li>
1013 <li>replace MyVisManager with G4VisExecutive in source listings
1014 8.5.2, 8.5.3, 8.5.4 and text</li>
1015 <li>add verbosity codes</li>
1016 </ul></li>
1017 </ul></li>
1018 <li>Section 8.6 Visualization Drivers: change About_DAWN link</li>
1019 <li>Section 8.7 Interactive Visualization
1020 <ul>
1021 <li>Subsection 8.7.10 Visualization of Detector Geometry Tree
1022 <ul>
1023 <li>update with G4VisExecutive</li>
1024 <li>remove reference to ExN03VisManager</li>
1025 <li>remove "Additional Note" and "Action"</li>
1026 <li>remove verbosity codes, replace with new paragraph</li>
1027 </ul></li>
1028 </ul></li>
1029 <li>Section 8.8 Non-interactive Visualization
1030 <ul>
1031 <li>Subsection 8.8.1 Class G4VVisManager: replace MyVisManager with
1032 G4VisExecutive</li>
1033 <li>Subsection 8.8.6 Visualization of polylines and tracking steps:
1034 change runManager->set_userAction to runManager->SetUserAction</li>
1035 <li>add subsection 8.8.7 Visualization User Action</li>
1036 </ul></li>
1037 </ul>
1038
1039 <li> Chapter 9, Examples
1040 <ul>
1041 <li>Section 9.1 Novice Examples
1042 <ul>
1043 <li>Subsection 9.1.3 Example N02: update classes, remove
1044 ExN02VisManager and links</li>
1045 <li>Subsection 9.1.4 Example N03: remove ExN03VisManager and links</li>
1046 <li>Subsection 9.1.5 Example N04: update classes</li>
1047 </ul></li>
1048 <li>Section 9.2 Extended Examples
1049 <ul>
1050 <li>Subsection 9.2.1 Extended examples
1051 <ul>
1052 <li>add TestEm11</li>
1053 <li>add expgs (General Particle Source Example)</li>
1054 <li>add sentence to ExDiane and ParGeant4</li>
1055 <li>change link for ParGeant4</li>
1056 <li>add radioactive decay example</li>
1057 <li>add run and event example</li>
1058 </ul>
1059 </ul></li>
1060 <li>Section 9.3 Advanced Examples
1061 <ul>
1062 <li>Subsection 9.3.1 Advanced Examples
1063 <ul>
1064 <li>change links for hadron therapy, medical linac, radioprotection,
1065 xray fluorescence, cosmic ray charging</li>
1066 <li>add links for purging magnet, composite calorimeter, lAr
1067 calorimeter. RICH and Tiara</li>
1068 </ul></li>
1069 </ul></li>
1070 </ul></li>
1071
1072 <li> Chapter 10, Appendix
1073 <ul>
1074 <li>Section 10.4 C++ Standard Template Library: add reference book
1075 "Effective STL"</li>
1076 <li>Section 10.5 Makefiles and Environment Variables
1077 <ul>
1078 <li>Subsection 10.5.2 Environment Variables
1079 <ul>
1080 <li>change G4USE_G3TOG4 to G4LIB_USE_G3TOG4</li>
1081 <li>add zlib module (with g3tog4)</li>
1082 </ul></li>
1083 </ul></li>
1084 <li>Section 10.6 Build for MicroSoft Visual C++: change Cygwin link</li>
1085 <li>Section 10.7 Development and Debug Tools: update links</li>
1086 </ul></li>
1087 </ul></li>
1088
1089<li><b>Physics Reference Manual</b>
1090 <ul>
1091 <li> Chapter 7, Common to All Charged Particles
1092 <ul>
1093 <li> Section 7.2 Energy loss fluctuations: updated</li>
1094 <li> Section 7.5 Multiple scattering: more z sampling discussion and
1095 typo corrections</li>
1096 </ul></li>
1097 <li> Chapter 11, Low Energy Extensions
1098 <ul>
1099 <li> Section 11 Penelope physics
1100 <ul>
1101 <li>Subsection 5 Photoelectric effect: expanded discussion</li>
1102 </ul></li>
1103 </ul></li>
1104 <li> Chapter 24, Bertini Cascade Model: corrected pion absorption channels,
1105 re-write for English</li>
1106 </ul></li>
1107
1108<li><b>User's Guide: For Toolkit Developers</b>
1109 <ul>
1110 <li>Changed from article format to book format, re-organized sections
1111 into Introduction, Design and Function of Geant4 Categories, Extending
1112 Toolkit Functionality and Appendix</li>
1113 <li>Part 1, Introduction - move User Requirements Document discussion
1114 here (from old chapter 2)</li>
1115 <li>Part 2, Design and Function of Geant4 Categories
1116 <ul>
1117 <li> organize each chapter to have at least Design Philosophy and
1118 Class Design sections</li>
1119 <li> add text from general Geant4 paper to Design Philosophy chapters</li>
1120 </ul></li>
1121 </ul></li>
1122
1123</ul>
1124
1125<BR>
1126<HR>
1127<!-- ============================================== Section -->
1128<FONT COLOR="#238E23">
1129<H2>Version: Geant4 7.0 (December 2004) </H2>
1130</FONT>
1131<UL>
1132
1133<LI><B>Installation Guide: For setting up Geant4 in your computing environment</B>
1134 <UL>
1135 <LI> Chapter 1, Installation introduction
1136 <UL>
1137 <LI> Section 1.1 Supported computers and operating systems - updated
1138 <LI> Section 1.3 Visualization software - update links
1139 <LI> Section 1.4 Software for Analysis and Histogramming - update link
1140 </UL>
1141 <LI> Chapter 2, Installation procedures
1142 <UL>
1143 <LI> Section 2.2 Using the configure script - revised
1144 </UL>
1145 <LI> Chapter 3, Tips for installing on Windows - update
1146 </UL>
1147
1148<LI><B>User's Guide: For Application Developers</B>
1149 <UL>
1150 <LI>Chapter 4, Detector
1151 <UL>
1152 <LI> Section 4.1 Geometry
1153 <UL>
1154 <LI> Subsection 4.1.10 Converting Geometries from Geant 3.21 :
1155 conversion of Geant 3.21 magnetic field not supported
1156 <LI> Subsection 4.1.2 Solids: add discussion of GetCubicVolume method
1157 <UL>
1158 <LI> subsection 4.1.2.1: added G4TwistedBox and G4TwistedTrap
1159 </UL>
1160 <LI> Subsection 4.1.3 Logical Volumes : discussion of GetMass method
1161 </UL>
1162 <LI> Section 4.3 Electromagnetic Field
1163 <UL>
1164 <LI> Subsection 4.3.2 Practical Aspects : update discussion of
1165 creating field for part of volume hierarchy - add code snippet
1166 </UL>
1167 </UL>
1168 <LI> Chapter 5, Tracking and Physics
1169 <UL>
1170 <LI> Section 5.2 Physics Processes
1171 <UL>
1172 <LI> Overall grammar, spelling upgrade
1173 <LI> Update G4VProcess discussion with PreparePhysicsTable method
1174 <LI> Subsection 5.2.6 Parameterization : add subsections 5.2.6.9,
1175 5.2.6.10 on Gflash
1176 </UL>
1177 <LI> New Section 5.6 Physics Table
1178 </UL>
1179 <LI> Chapter 6, User Actions
1180 <UL>
1181 <LI> Added Section 6.3 User Information Classes
1182 </UL>
1183 <LI> Chapter 8, Visualization
1184 <UL>
1185 <LI> Section 8.7 Interactive Visualization
1186 <UL>
1187 <LI> Subsection 8.7.11: added three new tutorial macros: vis9, 10, 11
1188 </UL>
1189 </UL>
1190 <LI> Chapter 9, Examples
1191 <UL>
1192 <LI> Added Section 9.3 Extended Examples
1193 </UL>
1194 <LI> Chapter 10, Appendix
1195 <UL>
1196 <LI> Section 10.2 Histogramming
1197 <UL>
1198 <LI> Subsection 10.2.4 : mention extended electromagnetic examples
1199 </UL>
1200 </UL>
1201 </UL>
1202
1203<LI><B>Physics Reference Manual</B>
1204 <UL>
1205 <LI> New Chapter 5: Particle Transport (was section 12.1)
1206 <LI> Chapter 7, Common to All Charged Particles
1207 <UL>
1208 <LI> New Section 7.2 Energy loss fluctuations (was section 12.3)
1209 <LI> New Section 7.3 Correcting Cross Sections for Energy Variations (was
1210 subsection 12.1.3 (Integral approach)
1211 <LI> New Section 7.4 Conversion from Range to Kinetic Energy
1212 (was section 12.2)
1213 <LI> Section 7.5 Multiple scattering - updated
1214 <LI> Section 7.9 PAI model - updated
1215 </UL>
1216 <LI> Chapter 12, Miscellaneous - removed (see notes for Chapters 5 and 7)
1217 <LI> New Chapter 13: Shower Parameterizations
1218 <LI> Chapter 20, Parameterization-Driven Models
1219 <UL>
1220 <LI> Section 20.3 High energy model - new, expanded section
1221 </UL>
1222 </UL>
1223
1224<LI><B>User's Guide: For Toolkit Developers</B>
1225 <UL>
1226 <LI>Chapter 4, Guide to Extending Geant4 Functionality
1227 <UL>
1228 <LI> Section 1 Geometry
1229 <UL>
1230 <LI> discussion of creating a derived class from G4VSolid : add
1231 discussion of GetCubicVolume() method and add GetPolyhedron
1232 method
1233 </UL>
1234 <LI> Section 2 EM Fields : correct indeces for storing B and E field
1235 components
1236 </UL>
1237 </UL>
1238
1239</UL>
1240
1241<BR>
1242<HR>
1243<!-- ============================================== Section -->
1244<FONT COLOR="#238E23">
1245<H2>Version: Geant4 6.2 (June 2004) </H2>
1246</FONT>
1247<UL>
1248
1249<LI><B>Installation Guide: For setting up Geant4 in your computing environment</B>
1250 <UL>
1251 <LI> Chapter 1, Installation introduction
1252 <UL>
1253 <LI> Updated supported platforms
1254 </UL>
1255 <LI> Chapter 3, Installation on a PC Machine
1256 <UL>
1257 <LI> Updated, subsection titles changed
1258 </UL>
1259 </UL>
1260
1261<LI><B>User's Guide: For Application Developers</B>
1262 <UL>
1263 <LI>Chapter 4, Detector
1264 <UL>
1265 <LI> Section 4.1 Geometry
1266 <UL>
1267 <LI> Subsection 4.1.2 Solids
1268 <UL>
1269 <LI> added G4TwistedTubs discussion
1270 </UL>
1271 <LI> Subsection 4.1.4 Physical Volumes
1272 <UL>
1273 <LI> Subsubsection 4.1.4.2 Repeated volumes
1274 - update parameterized volumes
1275 </UL>
1276 <LI> Subsection 4.1.7 Reflecting Hierarchies of Volumes - add discussion
1277 of Divide() method
1278 </UL>
1279 </UL>
1280 <LI> Chapter 5, Tracking and Physics
1281 <UL>
1282 <LI> Subsection 5.2.5 Optical Photons
1283 <UL>
1284 <LI> New Subsubsection 5.2.5.3 inserted: Generation of Photons in
1285 Optical Processes - Wavelength Shifting
1286 <LI> Subsubsection 5.2.5.4: Tracking of Photons - sections on Rayleigh
1287 Scattering and Boundary Processes updated
1288 </UL>
1289 </UL>
1290 <LI> Chapter 8, Visualization
1291 <UL>
1292 <LI> Subsection 8.7 Interactive Visualization - bug fix
1293 </UL>
1294 <LI> Chapter 9, Examples
1295 <UL>
1296 <LI> Section 9.1 Novice Examples
1297 <UL>
1298 <LI> removed examplesReadMe
1299 <LI> updated links
1300 </UL>
1301 <LI> Section 9.2 Advanced Examples - expanded discussion of medical example
1302 </UL>
1303 <LI> Chapter 10, Appendix
1304 <UL>
1305 <LI> Section 10.1 Compilation Tips
1306 <UL>
1307 <LI> updated
1308 <LI> added subsection 10.1.6 for MacOS
1309 </UL>
1310 <LI> Section 10.2 Histogramming
1311 <UL>
1312 <LI> Subsection 10.2.2 replace Lizard subsection with PI subsection
1313 </UL>
1314 <LI> Section 10.5 Makefiles and Environment Variables
1315 <UL>
1316 <LI> Subsection 10.5.2 Environment Variables - updated
1317 </Ul>
1318 <LI> Section 10.6 Build for MS Visual C++ -update for Visual Studio
1319 </UL>
1320 </UL>
1321
1322<LI><B>Physics Reference Manual</B>
1323 <UL>
1324 <LI> Chapter 5, Gamma Incident
1325 <UL>
1326 <LI> Section 5.2 Compton Scattering
1327 <UL>
1328 <LI> Add total cross section references
1329 </UL>
1330 </UL>
1331 <LI> Chapter 6, All Charged Particles
1332 <UL>
1333 <LI> Section 6.2 Multiple Scattering
1334 <UL>
1335 <LI> Expanded discussion of true path length to geometrical path length
1336 <LI> Correction term added to Highland formula
1337 </UL>
1338 </UL>
1339 <LI> Chapter 7, Electron Incident
1340 <UL>
1341 <LI> Section 7.2 Bremsstrahlung
1342 <UL>
1343 <LI> Update cross section and energy loss parameterizations
1344 </UL>
1345 </UL>
1346 <LI> Chapter 15, Total Reaction Cross Section in Nucleus-nucleus Reactions
1347 <UL>
1348 <LI> Added section on Tripathi formula for light systems
1349 </UL>
1350 <LI> New chapter 17, Hadron Elastic Scattering at Medium and High Energy
1351 <LI> New chapter 25, Abrasion-ablation Model
1352 <LI> New chapter 26, Electromagnetic Dissociation Model
1353 </UL>
1354</UL>
1355
1356<BR>
1357<HR>
1358
1359<!-- ============================================== Section -->
1360<FONT COLOR="#238E23">
1361<H2>Version: Geant4 6.1 (March 2004) </H2>
1362</FONT>
1363<UL>
1364
1365<LI><B>User's Guide: For Application Developers</B>
1366 <UL>
1367 <LI>Chapter 4, Detector
1368 <UL>
1369 <LI> Section 4.1 Geometry
1370 <UL>
1371 <LI> Subsection 4.1.2.2 Solids made by Boolean operations: updated
1372 <LI> Subsection 4.1.8 The Geometry Navigator: updated
1373 </UL>
1374 </UL>
1375 <LI> Chapter 5, Tracking and Physics
1376 <UL>
1377 <LI> Section 5.3 Particles
1378 <UL>
1379 <LI> Subsection 5.3.2 Definition of Particles: update baryon and meson
1380 masses and widths
1381 </UL>
1382 </UL>
1383 </UL>
1384
1385</UL>
1386
1387<BR>
1388<HR>
1389
1390
1391<!-- ============================================== Section -->
1392<FONT COLOR="#238E23">
1393<H2>Version: Geant4 6.0 (December 2003) </H2>
1394</FONT>
1395<UL>
1396
1397<LI><B>FAQs</B>
1398 <UL>
1399 <LI>Updated
1400 </UL>
1401
1402<LI><B>Installation Guide: For setting up Geant4 in your computing environment</B>
1403 <UL>
1404 <LI>Section 1, Installation introduction: remove OPACS link, add XP to
1405 Windows
1406 <LI>Section 3, Tips for Installing on Windows: add link for creating project
1407 under Visual Studio
1408 </UL>
1409
1410<LI><B>User's Guide: For Application Developers</B>
1411 <UL>
1412 <LI>Chapter 2, Getting Started
1413 <UL>
1414 <LI> Subsection 2.2.3 Choose a Solid: change hightOfTheTube to 25 cm.
1415 <LI> Section 2.8 Setting Up an Interactive Session: remove OPACS
1416 </UL>
1417 <LI>Chapter 3, Fundamentals
1418 <UL>
1419 <LI> Section 3.7 Event Biasing Techniques:
1420 <UL>
1421 <LI> updated code sample in subsection 3.7.1.2: Changing the Sampling
1422 and added weight window discussion
1423 <LI> added new subsection 3.7.1.6: The Weight Window Technique
1424 </UL>
1425 </UL>
1426 <LI>Chapter 4, Detector
1427 <UL>
1428 <LI> Section 4.1 Geometry
1429 <UL>
1430 <LI> Subsection 4.1.2 Solids: remove paragraph on Other BREP Solids
1431 <LI> Subsection 4.1.4 Phyiscal Volumes: add discussion of volume division
1432 <LI> Subsection 4.1.10 Importing Solid Models from CAD: removed
1433 </UL>
1434 <LI> Section 4.3 Electromagnetic Field
1435 <UL>
1436 <LI> Subsection 4.3.2 Practical Aspects: add discussion on creating
1437 field for part of detector, expanded discussion of stepper
1438 parameters
1439 </UL>
1440 <LI> Section 4.6 Persistency
1441 <UL>
1442 <LI> Subsections 4.6.2, 4.6.3, 4.6.4 deleted (obsolete)
1443 </UL>
1444 </UL>
1445 <LI>Chapter 5, Tracking and Physics
1446 <UL>
1447 <LI> Section 5.2 Physics Processes
1448 <UL>
1449 <LI> Subsection 5.2.1.2: add options for Low Energy angular dist.
1450 </UL>
1451 </UL>
1452 <LI> Chapter 8, Visualization
1453 <UL>
1454 <LI> Section 8.5 Making a Visualization Executable: move Table 8.1 to
1455 section 8.6
1456 <LI> Section 8.6 Visualization Drivers:
1457 <UL>
1458 <LI> Subsection 8.6.5: added link
1459 <LI> Subsection 8.6.8: added Table 8.1
1460 </UL>
1461 <LI> Section 8.7 Interactive Visualization: remove OPACS, update tutorial
1462 macros
1463 <LI> Section 8.9 Built-in Visualization Commands: change built-in command
1464 link to point to Section 7.1
1465 <LI> Expanded Subsection 8.10.2: Visualiztion of a Detector Geometry Tree
1466 </UL>
1467 <LI>Chapter 9, Examples
1468 <UL>
1469 <LI> Section 9.1 Novice Examples
1470 <UL>
1471 <LI> replace code in documentation area with
1472 links to checked-out code at
1473 http://pcitapiww.cern.ch/geant4/source/source/geant4
1474 <LI> add subsection 9.1.8: brief description of example N07
1475 </UL>
1476 <LI> Section 9.2 Advanced Examples: update
1477 </UL>
1478 <LI>Chapter 10, Appendix
1479 <UL>
1480 <LI> Section 10.1 Tips for Compilation : revise template repository
1481 discussion
1482 <LI> Section 10.5 Makefiles: remove OPACS, STEP references, add alternate
1483 path for hadronic physics lists
1484 <LI> Section 10.7 Development and Debugging Tools: update links and
1485 references
1486 </UL>
1487 </UL>
1488
1489<LI><B>User's Guide: For Toolkit Developers</B>
1490 <UL>
1491 <LI>Chapter 3, Object-Oriented Analysis and Design
1492 <UL>
1493 <LI>Section 3.5, Geometry: update navigator, overall diagrams, add regions
1494 diagram
1495 <LI>Section 3.6 Electromagnetic Field: update field diagram
1496 </UL>
1497 <LI>Chapter 4, Guide to Extending Geant4 Functionality
1498 <UL>
1499 <LI>Section 4.1: Geometry, minor re-wording
1500 </UL>
1501 </UL>
1502
1503<LI><B>Physics Reference Manual</B>
1504 <UL>
1505 <LI>Chapter 6 Common to All Charged Particles
1506 <UL>
1507 <LI> Insert new section 6.1 on energy loss
1508 <LI> Section 6.1 Multiple Scattering: update equations 6.12 and 6.15
1509 and discussion of model parameters
1510 </UL>
1511 <LI>Chapter 7 Electron Incident
1512 <UL>
1513 <LI> Section 7.1 Electron ionization: revised
1514 <LI> Section 7.2 Electron bremsstrahlung: revised
1515 </UL>
1516 <LI>Chapter 8 Muon Incident
1517 <UL>
1518 <LI> Section 8.1 Muon ionization: revised
1519 </UL>
1520 <LI>Chapter 9 Charged Hadron Incident
1521 <UL>
1522 <LI> Section 9.1 Hadron ionization: revised
1523 </UL>
1524 <LI>Chapter 10 Low Energy Extensions
1525 <UL>
1526 <LI>Section 10.7 Bremsstrahlung
1527 <UL>
1528 <LI> Added subsection on angular distributions and 4 figures
1529 </UL>
1530 <LI>Section 10.11.7 Penelope Physics: Ionization added
1531 <LI>Section 10.11.8 Penelope Physics: Positron annihilation added
1532 </UL>
1533 <LI>Chapter 12 Miscellaneous
1534 <UL>
1535 <LI> Subsection 12.1.3: Integral transport method added
1536 <LI> Section 12.3 Computing Energy Loss: re-written
1537 </UL>
1538 <LI>New Chapter 15 Reaction Cross Sections for Nucleus-nucleus reactions
1539 <LI>Chapter 22 Binary Cascade: add subsection on light-ion reactions
1540 <LI>Chapter 29 Radioactive Decay: re-worded
1541 </UL>
1542</UL>
1543<BR>
1544<HR>
1545
1546<!-- ============================================== Section -->
1547<FONT COLOR="#238E23">
1548<H2>Version: Geant4 5.2 (June 2003) </H2>
1549</FONT>
1550<UL>
1551
1552<LI><B>Installation Guide: For setting up Geant4 in your computing environment</B>
1553 <UL>
1554 <LI>Section 1, Installation introduction: compiler info, links updated
1555 <LI>Section 2, Installation procedures: minor rewording of section 2.1
1556 <LI>Section 3, Tips for Installing on Windows: minor update
1557 </UL>
1558
1559<LI><B>User's Guide: For Application Developers</B>
1560 <UL>
1561 <LI>Chapter 3, Fundamentals
1562 <UL>
1563 <LI> Section 3.7 Event Biasing Techniques:
1564 <UL>
1565 <LI> added new subsection 3.7.1.6: The Weight Roulette Technique
1566 </UL>
1567 </UL>
1568 <LI>Chapter 4, Detector
1569 <UL>
1570 <LI> Section 4.1 Geometry:
1571 <UL>
1572 <LI> subsection 4.1.10 Importing Solid Models from CAD Systems: added note on support and installation
1573 <LI> subsection 4.1.11 Converting Geometries from Geant3.21: updated
1574 <LI> subsection 4.1.12 Detecting Overlapping Volumes: added new built-in test commands
1575 </UL>
1576 <LI> Section 4.4 Hits:
1577 <UL>
1578 <LI> subsection 4.4.1 Hit: added paragraph on G4Allocator
1579 </UL>
1580 </UL>
1581 <LI>Chapter 9, Examples
1582 <UL>
1583 <LI> Section 9.2 Advanced Examples: added reference to medical example using DICOM
1584 </UL>
1585 <LI>Chapter 10, Appendix
1586 <UL>
1587 <LI> Section 5 Makefiles and Environment Variables:
1588 <UL>
1589 <LI> added environment variable G4LIB_BUILD_G3TOG4 and description
1590 <LI> added STEP modules environment variables G4LIB_BUILD_STEP and G4USE_STEP
1591 </UL>
1592 </UL>
1593 </UL>
1594
1595<LI><B>Physics Reference Manual</B>
1596 <UL>
1597 <LI> New Chapter 2, Monte Carlo Methods (moved from Miscellaneous section of Electromagnetic processes
1598 <LI> New Chapter 3, Transportation
1599 <LI> Chapter 10, Low Energy Extensions
1600 <UL>
1601 <LI> New section 11: Penelope physics processes
1602 </UL>
1603 </UL>
1604
1605</UL>
1606
1607<BR>
1608<HR>
1609
1610<!-- ============================================== Section -->
1611<FONT COLOR="#238E23">
1612<H2>Version: Geant4 5.1 (April 2003) </H2>
1613</FONT>
1614<UL>
1615<P>
1616<LI><B>Physics Reference Manual</B>
1617 <UL>
1618 <LI>Chapter 5, Electron incident
1619 <UL>
1620 <LI> new section on e+e- -> mu+mu-
1621 </UL>
1622 <LI>Chapter 18, Chiral Invariant Phase Space Decay
1623 <UL>
1624 <LI>First four sections re-written
1625 </UL>
1626 <LI>Chapter 22, Evaporation Model
1627 <UL>
1628 <LI>Introduction added
1629 <LI>Model description added
1630 <LI>References updated
1631 </UL>
1632 </UL>
1633
1634<LI><B>User's Guide: For Application Developers</B>
1635 <UL>
1636 <LI>Chapter 2, Getting Started
1637 <UL>
1638 <LI> Section 2.4, How to specify particles: subsection 2.4.2.1 updated for
1639 cuts per region, subsection 2.4.2.2 removed
1640 </UL>
1641 <LI>Chapter 3, Fundamentals
1642 <UL>
1643 <LI> Section 3.4 Run: subsection 3.4.4 Run manager corrected and updated
1644 </UL>
1645 <LI>Chapter 4, Detector
1646 <UL>
1647 <LI> Section 4.1 Geometry: subsection 4.1.3.1 added (cuts per region)
1648 </UL>
1649 <LI>Chapter 5, Tracking and Physics
1650 <UL>
1651 <LI> Section 5.2 Physics Processes: correction to paragraph on surfaces
1652 in subsection 5.2.5.3 (Tracking of Optical Photons)
1653 <LI> Section 5.3 Particles: subsection 5.3.2 Definition of a Particle,
1654 updated
1655 <LI> Section 5.5 Cuts per Region added
1656 </UL>
1657 <LI>Chapter 6, User Actions
1658 <UL>
1659 <LI> Section 6.1 Mandatory User Actions: updated class listing
1660 <LI> Section 6.2 Optional User Actions: expanded initial paragraph
1661 </UL>
1662 <LI>Chapter 7, Communication and Control
1663 <UL>
1664 <LI> Section 7.1 Built-in commands updated
1665 </UL>
1666 </UL>
1667</UL>
1668
1669<BR>
1670<HR>
1671
1672<!-- ============================================== Section -->
1673<FONT COLOR="#238E23">
1674<H2>Version: Geant4 5.0 interim update (January 2003) </H2>
1675</FONT>
1676<UL>
1677<P>
1678<LI><B>Physics Reference Manual</B>
1679 <UL>
1680 <LI>Chapter 6, Muon Incident
1681 <UL>
1682 <LI>Section 6.4, Pair production: re-written
1683 </UL>
1684 <LI>Chapter 8, Low Energy Extensions
1685 <UL>
1686 <LI>Section 8.1 Overview: minor re-wording
1687 <LI>Section 8.2 Compton Scattering: minor re-wording
1688 <LI>Section 8.3 Compton Scattering by Linearly Polarized Gamma Rays:
1689 equation correction (polarization vector)
1690 <LI>Section 8.4 Rayleigh scattering: corrected theta sampling (step 1)
1691 </UL>
1692 <LI>Chapter 20, New, Binary Cascade replaces Hadron Kinetic Model
1693 </UL>
1694</UL>
1695
1696<BR>
1697<HR>
1698
1699<!-- ============================================== Section -->
1700<FONT COLOR="#238E23">
1701<H2>Version: Geant4 5.0 (December 2002) </H2>
1702</FONT>
1703<UL>
1704<P>
1705<LI><B>Introduction to Geant4</B>
1706 <UL>
1707 <LI>FAQ, morefaq updated.
1708 </UL>
1709
1710<LI><B>Installation Guide: For setting up Geant4 in your computing environment</B>
1711 <UL>
1712 <LI>All three sections updated
1713 </UL>
1714
1715<LI><B>User's Guide: For Application Developers</B>
1716 <UL>
1717 <LI>Chapter 3, Toolkit Fundamentals
1718 <UL>
1719 <LI> Section 3.2, Global Usage Classes: update links
1720 <LI> Section 3.4, Run: updated state information
1721 <LI> Section 3.7, Event Biasing: updated and expanded
1722 </UL>
1723 <LI>Chapter 4, Detector Definition and Response
1724 <UL>
1725 <LI> Section 4.1, Geometry: updated
1726 <LI> Section 4.3, Electromagnetic Field: expanded, figures added
1727 </UL>
1728 <LI>Chapter 5, Tracking and Physics
1729 <UL>
1730 <LI>Section 5.2, Physics Processes
1731 <UL>
1732 <LI>Sub-section 5.2.5, Optical Photon Processes: updated
1733 </UL>
1734 <LI>Section 5.3, Particles: particle tables updated
1735 </UL>
1736 <LI>Chapter 7, Communication and Control
1737 <UL>
1738 <LI> Section 7.2, User Interface: updated state information
1739 </UL>
1740 <LI>Chapter 8, Visualization
1741 <UL>
1742 <LI> Section 8.3, Visualization Attributes: add new section on
1743 providing pickable information
1744 </UL>
1745 <LI>Appendix
1746 <UL>
1747 <LI>Section 10.1: Compilation Tips, removed HP, DEC sections
1748 <LI>Section 10.3: CLHEP, updated link
1749 <LI>Section 10.5: Makefiles, updated links
1750 <LI>Section 10.6: Buildfiles, updated links
1751 </UL>
1752 </UL>
1753
1754<LI><B>User's Guide: For Toolkit Developers</B>
1755 <UL>
1756 <LI>Chapter 3, Object Oriented Analysis and Design
1757 <UL>
1758 <LI>Section 3.2: Tracking, updated and partially re-written
1759 <LI>Section 3.9: Global Usage, updated
1760 </UL>
1761 <LI>Chapter 4, Guide to Extending Geant4 Functionality
1762 <UL>
1763 <LI>Section 4.1: Geometry, updated
1764 </UL>
1765 </UL>
1766
1767<LI><B>Physics Reference Manual</B>
1768 <UL>
1769 <LI>Chapter 3, Gamma Incident
1770 <UL>
1771 <LI>Section 3.1, Photoelectric Effect: added introduction
1772 <LI>Section 3.4, Gamma Conversion into a (mu+,mu-) Pair: re-written
1773 </UL>
1774 <LI>Chapter 4, Common to All Charged Particles
1775 <UL>
1776 <LI>Section 4.1, Multiple Scattering: re-written
1777 <LI>Section 4.2, Transition Radiation: re-written
1778 </UL>
1779 <LI>Chapter 5, Electron Incident
1780 <UL>
1781 <LI>Section 5.3, e+e- Annihilation: re-written
1782 <LI>Section 5.4, Synchrotron Radiation: re-written
1783 </UL>
1784 <LI>Chapter 6, Muon Incident
1785 <UL>
1786 <LI>Section 6.1, Ionization: re-written
1787 <LI>Section 6.2, Bremsstrahlung: re-written
1788 <LI>Section 6.3, Muon Photonuclear Interaction: re-written
1789 </UL>
1790 <LI>Chapter 7, Charged Hadron Incident
1791 <UL>
1792 <LI>Section 7.1, Ionization: re-written
1793 </UL>
1794 <LI>Chapter 10, Miscellaneous
1795 <UL>
1796 <LI>Section 10.5, Energy Loss Fluctuations: updated
1797 </UL>
1798 <LI>Chapter 12, Cross Sections in Photonuclear and Electronuclear Reactions
1799 <UL>
1800 <LI>Section 12.2, Parameterization of the Electronuclear Cross Sections :
1801 expanded and re-written
1802 </UL>
1803 <LI>Chapter 15, Parameterization Driven Models
1804 <UL>
1805 <LI>All sections re-written
1806 </UL>
1807 <LI>Chapter 16, Leading Particle Bias
1808 <UL>
1809 <LI>Updated
1810 </UL>
1811 <LI>Chapter 18, Chiral Invariant Phase Space Decay
1812 <UL>
1813 <LI>Updated
1814 </UL>
1815 <LI>Chapter 19, Bertini IntraNuclear Cascade Model
1816 <UL>
1817 <LI>NEW CHAPTER
1818 </UL>
1819 <LI>Chapter 21, Precompound Model
1820 <UL>
1821 <LI>Section 21.2, Simulation of pre-compound reaction: equation label
1822 change
1823 </UL>
1824 <LI>Chapter 22, Evaporation Model
1825 <UL>
1826 <LI>Section 22.2, Simulation of fragment evaporation: updated
1827 </UL>
1828 <LI>Chapter 24, Fermi Breakup Model
1829 <UL>
1830 <LI> Section 24.1, Fermi breakup simulation for light nuclei: remove
1831 subsection 24.1.1 (nuclear masses)
1832 </UL>
1833 <LI>Chapter 25, Multifragmentation Model
1834 <UL>
1835 <LI> minor updates
1836 </UL>
1837 <LI>Chapter 26, Low Energy Neutron Interactions
1838 <UL>
1839 <LI> Section 26.2, Physics and Verification: sections 26.2.2, 26.2.3,
1840 26.2.4 updated
1841 </UL>
1842 </UL>
1843</UL>
1844
1845<BR>
1846<HR>
1847
1848<!-- ============================================== Section -->
1849<FONT COLOR="#238E23">
1850<H2>Version: Geant4 4.1 (June 2002) </H2>
1851</FONT>
1852<UL>
1853<LI><B>Installation Guide: For setting up Geant4 in your computing environment</B>
1854 <UL>
1855 <LI>Section 1, Introduction: updated supported platforms
1856 <LI>Section 2, PCMachines: updated
1857 <LI>Section 3, Unix Machines: updated
1858 </UL>
1859<P>
1860<LI><B>User's Guide: For Application Developers</B>
1861 <UL>
1862 <LI>Chapter 2, Getting Started
1863 <UL>
1864 <LI>Section 2.8, update user interface description
1865 </UL>
1866 <LI>Chapter 3, Toolkit Fundamentals
1867 <UL>
1868 <LI> add section 3.7 on event biasing
1869 </UL>
1870 <LI>Chapter 4, Detector Definition and Response
1871 <UL>
1872 <LI> update section 4.1: Geometry
1873 </UL>
1874 <LI>Chapter 5, Tracking and Physics
1875 <UL>
1876 <LI>Update section 5.2.1.2: Low Energy EM Physics
1877 <LI>Update particle tables in section 5.3: Particles
1878 </UL>
1879 <LI>Appendix
1880 <UL>
1881 <LI>Section 10.2: Histogramming - updated
1882 <LI>Section 10.3: CLHEP - updated
1883 </UL>
1884 </UL>
1885<P>
1886<LI><B>User's Guide: For Toolkit Developers</B>
1887 <UL>
1888 <LI>Chapter 3, Object-oriented Analysis and Design of Geant4 Classes:
1889 updated and re-organized
1890 <UL>
1891 <LI>Section 3.3, Physics Processes: low energy class diagram removed -
1892 will not print in .ps
1893 <LI>Section 3.5, Geometry: new overall geometry UML diagram
1894 <LI>Section 3.6, Electromagnetic fields: new UML diagram
1895 <LI>Section 3.9, Global Usage: additional Booch diagrams
1896 </UL>
1897 <LI>Chapter 4, Guide to Extending Geant4 Functionality
1898 <UL>
1899 <LI>Section 4.4, Extending hadronic physics: hadronic class diagrams
1900 removed - will not print in .ps
1901 </UL>
1902
1903 <LI>Chapter 5, Appendix: all class diagrams updated
1904 </UL>
1905<P>
1906<LI><B>Physics Reference Manual</B>
1907 <UL>
1908 <LI>Section II
1909 <UL>
1910 <LI>Updated
1911 </UL>
1912 <LI>Section III
1913 <UL>
1914 <LI>Chapter 3: Gamma Incident
1915 <UL>
1916 <LI>Section 3.1 Photo-electric effect: re-written
1917 <LI>Section 3.2 Compton scattering: re-written
1918 <LI>Section 3.3 New section on gamma conversion to e+e- pair
1919 <LI>Section 3.4 New section on gamma conversion to mu+mu- pair
1920 </UL>
1921 <LI>Chapter 4: Common to All Charged Particles
1922 <UL>
1923 <LI>Section 4.1 Multiple scattering: re-written
1924 <LI>Section 4.2 New transition radiation section
1925 <LI>Section 4.5 Photoabsorption-ionization model: re-written
1926 <LI>Section 4.6 Photoabsorption cross section at low energies:
1927 re-written
1928 </UL>
1929 <LI>Chapter 5: Electron incident
1930 <UL>
1931 <LI>Section 5.1 Electron ionization: re-written
1932 <LI>Section 5.2 Electron bremsstrahlung: re-written
1933 <LI>Section 5.3 Synchrotron radiation: updated
1934 <LI>Section 5.4 e+e- annihilation: updated
1935 </UL>
1936 <LI>Chapter 8: Low Energy EM
1937 <UL>
1938 <LI>Section 8.3 new section on Compton scattering by linearly
1939 polarized gamma rays
1940 <LI>All other sections updated
1941 </UL>
1942 </UL>
1943 <LI>Section IV
1944 <UL>
1945 <LI>Chapter 11: Lepton-Hadron interactions: re-written
1946 <LI>Chapter 12: Cross Sections in Photonuclear and Electronuclear
1947 Reactions
1948 <UL>
1949 <LI>Section 12.1 Approximation of PhotoNuclear cross sections:
1950 re-written
1951 <LI>Section 12.3 Parameterization of ElectroNuclear cross sections:
1952 re-written
1953 </UL>
1954 <LI>Chapter 13: Coherent elastic scattering - new material
1955 <LI>Chapter 16: Leading Particle Bias - new chapter on MARS code
1956 <LI>Chapter 18: Chiral Invariant Phase Space Decay - updates
1957 </UL>
1958 </UL>
1959</UL>
1960
1961<BR>
1962<HR>
1963
1964<!-- ============================================== Section -->
1965<FONT COLOR="#238E23">
1966<H2>Version: Geant4 4.0 (December 2001) </H2>
1967</FONT>
1968<UL>
1969<LI><B>Installation Guide: For setting up Geant4 in your computing environment</B>
1970 <UL>
1971 <LI>Updated sections 1,2 and 3
1972 </UL>
1973<P>
1974<LI><B>User's Guide: For Application Developers</B>
1975 <UL>
1976 <LI>Chapter 1 re-written
1977 <LI>Chapter 2 updated
1978 <LI>Chapters 3, 4 re-organized into chapters 3 through 9
1979 <LI>Sections of chapters 3 through 9 re-written
1980 <LI>Appendix (formerly chapter 5) becomes Chapter 10
1981 </UL>
1982<P>
1983<LI><B>User's Guide: For Toolkit Developers</B>
1984 <UL>
1985 <LI>Chapter 3, Object-oriented Analysis and Design of Geant4 Classes:
1986 updated and re-organized
1987 <UL>
1988 <LI>Section 3.5, Geometry: most figures moved to Appendix
1989 </UL>
1990 <LI>Chapter 4, Guide to Extending Geant4 Functionality: some sections
1991 re-written
1992
1993 <LI>Chapter 5, Appendix: created to hold geometry class diagrams
1994 </UL>
1995<P>
1996<LI><B>Physics Reference Manual</B>
1997 <UL>
1998 <LI>Section I
1999 <UL>
2000 <LI>Occurrence and SetCuts sections moved to new Miscellaneous chapter
2001 in Section II.
2002 <LI>New introduction added (manual scope and definition of terms)
2003 <LI>Renamed section "Introduction"
2004 </UL>
2005 <LI>Section II
2006 <UL>
2007 <LI>Updated
2008 </UL>
2009 <LI>Section III
2010 <UL>
2011 <LI>Chapters re-ordered
2012 <LI>LE gamma conversion added
2013 <LI>Added chapter 10. Miscellaneous
2014 <LI>updates to most LE chapters
2015 </UL>
2016 <LI>Section IV
2017 <UL>
2018 <LI>Added chapter 12 - Cross Sections in Phot...
2019 <LI>Added chapter 13 - Elastic (empty)
2020 <LI>Added chapter 17 - Chiral Inv. Phase Space model
2021 <LI>Remove Theory-Driven Models chapter (was empty)
2022 <LI>Updates, correction to many other chapters
2023 </UL>
2024 </UL>
2025</UL>
2026
2027<BR>
2028<HR>
2029
2030<!-- ============================================== Section -->
2031<FONT COLOR="#238E23">
2032<H2>Version: Geant4 3.1 (16 April 2001) </H2>
2033</FONT>
2034<UL>
2035<LI><B>User's Guide: For Application Developers</B>
2036 <UL>
2037 <LI>Updated sections: 3-6, 3-18
2038 <LI>Updated sections: 4-2
2039 <LI>Updated sections: 5-10
2040 </UL>
2041<P>
2042<LI><B>Software Reference Manual</B>
2043 <UL>
2044 <LI>Adapted to Geant4 3.1.
2045 </UL>
2046
2047</UL>
2048
2049<!-- ============================================== Section -->
2050<FONT COLOR="#238E23">
2051<H2>Version: Geant4 3.0 (December 2000) </H2>
2052</FONT>
2053<UL>
2054<LI><B>Installation Guide: For setting up Geant4 in your computing environment</B>
2055 <UL>
2056 <LI>Update sections: 1, 2, 3
2057 </UL>
2058<P>
2059<LI><B>User's Guide: For Application Developers</B>
2060 <UL>
2061 <LI>Updated sections: 2-10
2062 <LI>Updated sections: 3-6, 3-9, 3-10, 3-16, 3-20
2063 <LI>Updated sections: 5-2, 5-3, 5-5, 5-6, 5-7
2064 <LI>Updated sections: 4-10
2065 </UL>
2066<P>
2067<LI><B>User's Guide: For Toolkit Developers</B></B>
2068 <UL>
2069 <LI>Updated sections: Object-oriented anlaysis and design of Geant4 classes
2070 <UL>
2071 <LI>Physics Processes
2072 </UL>
2073 </UL>
2074<P>
2075<LI><B>Physics Reference Manual</B>
2076 <UL>
2077 <LI>Updated sections: Electromagnetic Interaction - Low Energy Extension
2078 <UL>
2079 <LI>Hadron and ion ionization
2080 </UL>
2081 </UL>
2082<P>
2083<LI><B>Software Reference Manual</B>
2084 <UL>
2085 <LI>More class descriptions added.
2086 </UL>
2087</UL>
2088
2089<!-- ============================================== Section -->
2090<BR><HR>
2091<FONT COLOR="#238E23">
2092<H2>Version: Geant4 2.0 (July 2000) </H2>
2093</FONT>
2094<UL>
2095<LI><B>Overview (Top Page)</B>
2096 <UL>
2097 <LI>Search engine installed.
2098 </UL>
2099<P>
2100<LI><B>Installation Guide: For setting up Geant4 in your computing environment</B>
2101 <UL>
2102 <LI>Update sections: 1, 2, 3
2103 </UL>
2104<P>
2105<LI><B>User's Guide: For Application Developers</B>
2106 <UL>
2107 <LI>Updated sections: 2-2, 2-7, 2-10
2108 <LI>Updated sections: 3-9, 3-10, 3-16(Previous/Next navigation
2109 problem fixed), 3-17, 3-20(Many obosolte descriptions corrected)
2110 <LI>Updated sections: 5-2, 5-7
2111 </UL>
2112<P>
2113<LI><B>Physics Reference Manual</B>
2114 <UL>
2115 <LI>Updated sections: Electromagnetic Interaction - Low Energy Extension
2116 <UL>
2117 <LI>Bremsstrahlung
2118 <LI>Compton
2119 <LI>Hadrons ionization
2120 <LI>Ionisation
2121 <LI>Ions
2122 <LI>Overview
2123 <LI>Photoelectric
2124 <LI>Rayleigh
2125 <LI>Relaxation
2126 </UL>
2127 <LI>Updated sections: Electromagnetic Interaction - Muon
2128 <UL>
2129 <LI>Bremsstrahlung
2130 <LI>Photonuclear interaction
2131 <LI>e+e- pair production
2132 </UL>
2133 </UL>
2134<P>
2135</UL>
2136
2137<!-- ============================================== Section -->
2138<BR><HR>
2139<FONT COLOR="#238E23">
2140<H2>Version: Geant4 1.0 (December 1999) </H2>
2141</FONT>
2142<UL>
2143<LI><B>Introduction to Geant4</B>
2144 <UL>
2145 <LI>Updated.
2146 </UL>
2147<P>
2148<LI><B>Installation Guide: For setting up Geant4 in your computing environment</B>
2149 <UL>
2150 <LI>Update sections: 1, 2, 3
2151 </UL>
2152<P>
2153<LI><B>User's Guide: For Application Developers</B>
2154 <UL>
2155 <LI>Updated sections: 2-1, 2-9, 2-10
2156 <LI>Updated sections: 3-3, 3-4, 3-11, 3-12, 3-16, 3-17,
2157 <LI>Updated sections: Appendix-2, Appendix-6, Appendix-7
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2160<LI><B>User's Guide: For Toolkit Developers</B>
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2162 <LI>No modification.
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2167 <LI>Updated sections: Electromagnetic Interaction - Low Energy Extension
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2170<LI><B>Software Reference Manual</B>
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2172 <LI>Completely updated.
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