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11<B>Changes History of User's Documents</B>
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19<!-- ============================================== Section --> 
20<HR ALIGN="Center">
21<font COLOR="#238E23">
22<h2>Version: Geant4 9.3 (December 2009) </h2>
23</font>
24<HR ALIGN="Center">
25<br />
26
27<p>
28<b><u>Installation Guide</u></b>
29</p>
30<ul>
31<b>- Modified Chapters/Sections</b>
32  <ul>
33    <li>1. Installation Introduction
34    <li>2. Installation Procedures
35    <li>3. Tips for Installing on Windows
36  </ul>
37</ul>
38
39<p>
40<b><u>User's Guide: For Application Developers</u></b>
41</p>
42<ul>
43<b>- Newly Added Chapters/Sections</b>
44  <ul>
45    <li>3.7.3 Adjoint/Reverse Monte Carlo
46    <li>4.3.2.6 Reducing the number of field calls to speed-up simulatio
47    <li>6.2.2 Killing Tracks in User Actions and Energy Conservation 
48</ul>
49<br />
50
51<b>- Modified Chapters/Sections</b>
52  <ul>
53    <li>2.1 How to Define the main() Program
54    <li>2.4.1 Particle Definition
55    <li>2.7 How to Make an Executable Program
56    <li>2.8 How to Set Up an Interactive Session
57    <li>2.9 How to Execute a Program
58    <li>3.2 Global  Usage Classes
59    <li>3.3 System of units
60    <li>3.7 Event Biasing Techniques
61    <li>4.1 Geometry
62    <li>4.1.8 The Geometry Navigator
63    <li>4.3.2.4 Choosing a Stepper
64    <li>4.8 Command-based scoring
65    <li>5.1.1 Basic Concepts
66    <li>5.1.4 User Actions
67    <li>5.2.1.2 Low Energy Electromagnetic Processes
68    <li>5.2.1.3 Very Low energy Electromagnetic Processes (Geant4-DNA extension)
69    <li>5.2.5 Opptical Photon processes
70    <li>6.2 Optional User Actions
71    <li>7.1 Built-in Commands
72    <li>8.1 Introduction to Visualization
73    <li>8.2 Adding Visualization to Your Executable
74    <li>8.3 The Visualization Drivers
75    <li>8.4 Controlling Visualization from Commands
76    <li>8.9 Polylines, Markers and Text
77    <li>9.2 Extended Examples
78    <li>9.3 Advanced Examples
79    <li>Appendix 1 Tips for Program Compilation 
80    <li>Appendix 2 Histogramming
81    <li>Appendix 5 Makefiles and Environment Variables
82    <li>Appendix 6 Step-by-Step Installation Guides
83    <li>Appendix 7 Development and debug tools
84    <li>Appendix 8 Python Interface
85  </ul>
86</ul>
87
88<p>
89<b><u>Physics Reference Manual</u></b>
90</p>
91
92<ul> 
93<b>- Newly Added Chapters/Sections</b>
94  <ul>
95    <li>12.10.13 ICRU 73-based energy loss model
96  </ul>
97<br />
98
99<b>- Modified Chapters/Sections</b>
100  <ul>
101    <li>7.4 Conversion from range cut to kinetic energycut
102    <li>7.5.9 Implementation Details
103    <li>8.2.1 Cross Section and Energy Loss
104    <li>9.1 Ionization
105    <li>12.11 Penelope physics
106  </ul>
107</ul>
108
109
110<!-- ============================================== Section --> 
111<HR ALIGN="Center">
112<font COLOR="#238E23">
113<h2>Version: Geant4 9.2 Revison01 (June 2009) </h2>
114</font>
115<HR ALIGN="Center">
116<br />
117
118<p>
119<b><u>User's Guide: For Application Developers</u></b>
120</p>
121<ul>
122<b>- Modified Chapters/Sections</b>
123  <ul>
124    <li>8.5.6.  Visualization of hits
125    <li>5.4.7.  Special tracking cuts
126    <li>FAQ.6.  Visualization       
127  </ul>
128</ul>
129
130<p>
131<b><u>User's Guide: For Toolkit Developers</u></b>
132</p>
133<ul>
134<b>- Modified Chapters/Sections</b>
135  <ul>
136    <li><b>All</b> figures in the manual are replaced with
137        higher resolution ones.
138  </ul>
139</ul>
140
141
142
143
144<!-- ============================================== Section --> 
145<HR ALIGN="Center">
146<font COLOR="#238E23">
147<h2>Version: Geant4 9.2 (December 2008) </h2>
148</font>
149<HR ALIGN="Center">
150<br />
151
152<p>
153<b><u>User's Guide: For Application Developers</u></b>
154</p>
155<ul>
156<b>- Newly Added Chapters/Sections</b>
157  <ul>
158    <li>4.1.14. Importing ASCII Text Models
159    <li>Appendix Python Interface
160  </ul>
161<br />
162
163<b>- Modified Chapters/Sections</b>
164  <ul>
165    <li>2.1. How to Define the main() Program
166    <li>2.4. How to Specify Particles
167    <li>2.10. How to Visualize the Detector and Events
168    <li>2.8. How to Set Up an Interactive Session
169    <li>3.1. Class Categories and Domains
170    <li>4.1.2. Solids
171    <li>4.1.3. Logical Volumes
172    <li>4.1.6. Creating an Assembly of Volumes
173    <li>4.1.8. The Geometry Navigator
174    <li>4.1.9. A Simple Geometry Editor
175    <li>4.1.10. Converting Geometries from Geant3.21
176    <li>4.1.13. Importing XML Models Using GDML
177    <li>4.7. Parallel Geometries
178    <li>4.6. Object Persistency
179    <li>5.2. Physics Processes
180    <li>5.3.2 Definition of a particle
181    <li>5.6. Physics Table
182    <li>8.1. Introduction to Visualization
183    <li>8.2. Adding Visualization to Your Executable
184    <li>8.4. Controlling Visualization from Commands
185    <li>8.10. Making a Movie
186    <li>9.3. Advanced Examples
187    <li>Appendix CLHEP Foundation Library
188    <li>Appendix Development and debug tools
189    <li>Appendix Makefiles and Environment Variables
190    <li>Appendix Tips for Program Compilation
191  </ul>
192</ul>
193
194<p>
195<b><u>User's Guide: For Toolkit Developers</u></b>
196</p>
197<ul>
198<b>- Newly Added Chapters/Sections</b>
199  <ul>
200    <li>3.3. Particles
201  </ul>
202</ul>
203
204<p>
205<b><u>Installation Guide</u></b>
206</p>
207<ul>
208<b>- Modified Chapters/Sections</b>
209  <ul>
210    <li>1. Installation Introduction
211    <li>2. Installation Procedures
212  </ul>
213</ul>
214
215<p>
216<b><u>Physics Reference Manual</u></b>
217</p>
218
219<ul>
220<b>- Modified Chapters/Sections</b>
221  <ul>
222    <li>5.1 The Interaction Length or Mean Free Path
223    <li>6.1 Introduction
224    <li>7.2 Energy loss fluctuations
225    <li>7.4 Conversion from range cut to kinetic energy cut
226    <li>7.5 Multiple Scattering
227    <li>8.1 Ionization
228
229  </ul>
230</ul>
231
232
233<!-- ============================================== Section --> 
234<HR ALIGN="Center">
235<font COLOR="#238E23">
236<h2>Version: Geant4 9.1 (December 2007) </h2>
237</font>
238<HR ALIGN="Center">
239<br />
240
241<p>
242<b><u>User's Guide: For Application Developers</u></b>
243</p>
244<ul>
245<b>- Newly Added Chapters/Sections</b>
246  <ul>
247    <li>4.1.14.  Saving geometry tree objects in binary format
248    <li>4.8.     Command-based scoring
249    <li>5.2.1.3. Very Low energy Electromagnetic Processes (Geant4 DNA extension)
250  </ul>
251<br />
252
253<b>- Modified Chapters/Sections</b>
254  <ul>
255    <li>3.2.      Global Usage Classes
256    <li>4.1.      Geometry
257    <li>5.2.1.1.  "Standard" Electromagnetic Processes
258    <li>5.2.5.4.  Tracking of Photons in processes/optical
259    <li>9.2.      Extended Examples
260    <li>Appendix 1. Tips for Program Compilation
261    <li>Appendix 2. Histogramming
262    <li>Appendix 5. Makefiles and Environment Variables
263  </ul>
264</ul>
265
266<p>
267<b><u>Installation Guide</u></b>
268</p>
269<ul>
270<b>- Modified Chapters/Sections</b>
271  <ul>
272    <li>1. Installation Introduction
273    <li>2. Installation Procedures
274    <li>3. Tips for Installing on Windows
275  </ul>
276</ul>
277
278<p>
279<b><u>Physics Reference Manual</u></b>
280</p>
281
282<ul>
283<b>- Modified Chapters/Sections</b>
284  <ul>
285    <li>6.2 PhotoElectric effect
286    <li>7.5 Multiple Scattering
287    <li>7.7 Ion Scattering
288    <li>11  Polarized Electron/Positron/Gamma Incident
289    <li>7.6 Single Scattering
290  </ul>
291</ul>
292
293
294<!-- ============================================== Section --> 
295<HR ALIGN="Center">
296<font COLOR="#238E23">
297<h2>Version: Geant4 9.0 (June 2007) </h2>
298</font>
299<HR ALIGN="Center">
300<br />
301
302<p>
303<b><u>User's Guide: For Application Developers</u></b>
304</p>
305<ul>
306<b>- Newly Added Chapters/Sections</b>
307  <ul>
308    <li>5.8. Track Error Propagation
309  </ul>
310<br />
311
312<b>- Modified Chapters/Sections</b>
313  <ul>
314    <li>2.8 How to Set Up an Interactive Session
315    <li>3.7 Event Biasing Techniques
316    <li>4.1.8 The Geometry Navigator
317    <li>4.4 Hits
318    <li>5.2.1 Electromagnetic Interactions
319    <li>8.4   Controlling Visualization from Commands
320    <li>8.10  Making a Movie
321    <li>9.2.1 Extended Example Summary
322    <li>Appendix 6.1 Building on MS Visual C++
323    <li>Appendix 3 CLHEP Foundation Library
324    <li>Appendix 5 Makefiles and Environment Variables
325    <li>Appendix 4 C++ Standard Template Library
326  </ul>
327</ul>
328
329<p>
330<b><u>Physics Reference Manual</u></b>
331</p>
332<ul>
333<b>- Modified Chapters/Sections</b>
334  <ul>
335    <li>7.1 Computing the Mean Energy Loss
336    <li>7.3 Correcting the cross section for energy variation
337    <li>7.4 Conversion from range to kinetic energy
338    <li>7.5 Multiple Scattering
339    <li>8.1 Ionization
340    <li>8.2 Bremsstrahlung
341    <li>8.4 Positron - Electron Annihilation into Muon - Anti-muoni
342    <li>9.1 Ionization
343    <li>10.1 Ionization
344    <li>12.10 Hadron and Ion Ionisation
345    <li>21.3.2 Intra-nuclear Cascade
346  </ul>
347</ul>
348
349<p>
350<b><u>Installation Guide</u></b>
351</p>
352<ul>
353<b>- Modified Chapters/Sections</b>
354  <ul>
355    <li>1. Installation Introduction
356    <li>2. Installation Procedures
357    <li>3. Tips for Installing on Windows
358  </ul>
359</ul>
360
361<br /><br /><br />
362
363
364<!-- ============================================== Section --> 
365<HR ALIGN="Center">
366<font COLOR="#238E23">
367<h2>Version: Geant4 8.3 (May 2007) </h2>
368</font>
369<HR ALIGN="Center">
370<br />
371
372<p>
373<b><u>Installation Guide: For setting up Geant4 in your computing environment</u></b> 
374</p>
375<ul>
376<b>- Modified Chapters/Sections</b>
377  <ul>
378    <li>1.1 Supported Computers and Operating Systems
379    <li>2.1 Using the Configure Script for installation
380    <li>3.1 Windows with the Cygwin Toolset and Microsoft Visual C++
381  </ul>
382</ul>
383
384<p>
385<b><u>User's Guide: For Application Developers</u></b>
386</p>
387<ul>
388<b>- Modified Chapters/Sections</b>
389  <ul>
390    <li>4.1.2  Solids
391    <li>4.1.11 Detecting Overlapping Volumes
392    <li>4.3    Electromagnetic Field
393    <li>5.2.5  Optical Photon Processes
394    <li>9.2.1  Extended Example Summary
395  </ul>
396</ul>
397
398
399<br /><br /><br />
400
401
402<!-- ============================================== Section --> 
403<HR ALIGN="Center">
404<font COLOR="#238E23">
405<h2>Version: Geant4 8.2 (December 2006) </h2>
406</font>
407<HR ALIGN="Center">
408<br />
409
410<ul>
411<li><b>Installation Guide: For setting up Geant4 in your computing
412    environment</b>
413  <ul>
414  <li> Chapter 3, Tips for Installing on Windows
415    <ul>
416    <li>Section 3.1 Windows with the Cygwin Toolset and Microsoft Visual C++
417      <ul>
418      <li>Information on Visual Studio removed.
419      </ul>
420    <li>Section 3.2 Building Kernel Libraries DLLs
421      <ul>
422      <li>The note related to physics lists removed.
423      </ul>
424    </ul>
425  </ul>
426
427<li><b>User's Guide: For Application Developers</b>
428
429  <ul>
430  <li>Chapter 3. Toolkit Fundamentals
431    <ul>
432    <li>Section 3.7 Event Biasing Techniques
433      <ul>
434      <li>Subsection 3.7.2 Physics Based Biasing
435        <ul>
436        <li>New subsection added.
437        </ul>
438      </ul>
439    </ul>
440
441  <li>Chapter 4, Detector Definition and Response
442    <ul>
443    <li>Section 4.1, Geometry
444      <ul>
445      <li>Subsection 4.1.2, Solids
446        <ul>
447        <li>Information about GetSurfaceArea() added.
448        </ul>
449      <li>Subsection 4.1.6, Creating an Assembly of Volume
450        <ul>
451        <li>Destruction of an assembly volume modified.
452        </ul>
453      <li>Subsection 4.1.8, The Geometry Navigator
454        <ul>
455        <li>>Subsubsections '4.1.8.3 Navigation in parallel geometries' and
456             '4.1.8.2 Using the navigator to locate points' added.
457        </ul>
458      <li>Subsection 4.4.6, Concrete classes of <i>G4VPrimitiveScorer</i>
459        <ul>
460        <li>G4PSCellCharge information added.
461        </ul>
462      </ul>   
463    <li>New Section 'Parallel Geometries' added.
464    </ul>
465  <li>Chapter 6. User Actions
466    <ul>
467    <li>Section 6.2 Optional User Actions
468      <ul>
469      <li>Information added to 'G4UserEventAction'
470      </ul>
471    </ul>
472  <li>Chapter 8. Visualization
473    <ul>
474    <li>Section 8.3 The Visualization Drivers
475      <ul>
476      <li>Subsection 8.3.8 RayTracer
477        <ul>
478        <li>More information added.
479        </ul>
480      </ul>
481    <li>Section 8.4 Controlling Visualization from Commands
482      <ul>
483      <li>Subsection 8.4.15 Cut view
484        <ul>
485        <li>The part 'Cutting away' modified.
486        <li>More reference added.
487        </ul>
488      <li>Subsection 8.4.16 Tutorial macros
489        <ul>
490        <li>More tutorial references added.
491        </ul>
492      </ul>
493    <li>Section 8.5 Controlling Visualization from Compiled Code
494      <ul>
495      <li>Minor correction at the introduction part.
496      </ul>
497    <li>Section 8.6 Visualization Attributes
498      <ul>
499      <li>Subsection 8.6.3 Forcing attributes
500        <ul>
501        <li>Added information on visualisation of a circle.
502        </ul>
503      </ul>
504    <li>Section 8.7 Enhanced Trajectory Drawing
505      <ul>
506      <li>Subsection 8.7.1 Default Configuration
507        <ul>
508        <li>Time slice interval added.
509        </ul>
510      <li>Subsection 8.7.2 Trajectory Drawing Models
511        <ul>
512        <li>Information of G4TrajectoryDrawByAttribute added.
513        </ul>
514      <li>Subsection 8.7.3 Controlling from Commands
515        <ul>
516        <li>Added the part 'Configure drawByAttribute-0 model'.
517        </ul>
518      </ul>
519    <li>Section 8.8 Filtering
520      <ul>
521      <li>New section added.
522      <li>Subsection 8.8.1 Trajectory Filtering
523        <ul>
524        <li>New subsection number added.
525        <li>Added information of G4TrajectoryAttributeFilter.
526      <li>Subsection 8.8.1.2 Example commands
527        <ul>
528        <li>More example added.
529        </ul>
530      </ul>
531    <li>Section 8.9 Polylines, Markers and Text
532      <ul>
533      <li>Section number changed from 8.8 to 8.9.
534      </ul>
535    </ul>
536    <li>Section 8.10 Making a Movie
537      <ul>
538      <li>New section added.
539      </ul>
540    </ul>
541
542  <li>Chapter 9. Examples
543    <ul>
544    <li>Section 9.2, Extended Examples
545      <ul>
546      <li>Subsection 9.2.1, Extended Example Summary
547        <ul>
548        <li>Hadronic example added.
549        </ul>
550      </ul>
551    <li>Section 9.3, Advanced Examples
552      <ul>
553      <li>The 'human_phantom' reference added.
554      </ul>
555    </ul>
556
557  <li>Appendix
558    <ul>
559    <li> Section 10.6, Build for MS Visual C++
560      <ul>
561      <li>Visual Studio related information added.
562      </ul>
563    <li>Section 10.1, Tips for Program Compilation   
564      <ul>
565      <li>Subsection 10.1.5, Windows - MS Visual C++
566        <ul>
567        <li>Compilation with debug symbols changed.
568        </ul>
569      <li>Subsection 10.1.6, MacOS-X - g++
570        <ul>
571        <li>Optimization inforamtion changed.
572        </ul>
573      </ul>
574    </ul>
575  </ul>
576
577<li><b>User's Guide - For Toolkit Developers</b>
578  <ul>
579  <li> Chapter 2, Design and Function of Geant4 Categories
580    <ul>
581    <li>Section 13, Visualization
582      <ul>
583      <li>Subsection 'LineSegmentsPerCircle' added.
584      </ul>
585    </ul>
586  <li> Chapter 3, Extending Toolkit Functionality
587    <ul>
588    <li>Section, Visualization
589      <ul>
590      <li>Substantial update done.
591      </ul>
592    </ul>
593  </ul>
594
595<li><b>Physics Reference Manual</b>
596  <ul>
597  <li> Chapter 3, Electromagnetic Interactions
598    <ul>
599    <li>Section 11, Low Energy Extensions
600      <ul>
601      <li>Subsection Photoelectric effect
602        <ul>
603        <li>Minor modification.
604        </ul>
605      </ul>
606    <li>Section 7. Common to All Charged Particles   
607      <ul>
608      <li>Subsection 5, multiple Scattering
609        <ul>
610        <li>New subsubsection 'Step Limitation Algorithm' and
611            'Boundary Crossing Algorithm' created.
612        <li>Other miscellaenous changes.
613        </ul>
614      </ul>
615    </ul>
616  <li> Chapter 11, Polarized Electron/Positorn/Gamma Incident
617    <ul>
618    <li>New chapter added.
619    </ul>
620  </ul>
621</ul>
622
623<br>
624
625
626<!-- ============================================== Section --> 
627<hr>
628<font COLOR="#238E23">
629<h2>Version: Geant4 8.1 (June 2006) </h2>
630</font>
631<hr>
632<br />
633
634<ul>
635
636<li><b>Installation Guide: For setting up Geant4 in your computing
637    environment</b>
638  <ul>
639  <li> Chapter 1, Introduction
640    <ul>
641    <li>Section 1.1, Supported Computers and Operating Systems
642      <ul>
643      <li> update for Linux
644      </ul>
645    </ul>
646  <li> Chapter 2, Installation Procedures
647    <ul>
648    <li>Section 2.3, Installation of Hadronic Physics Lists
649      <ul>
650      <li> add note about physics list installation with global Geant4
651           libraries
652      </ul>
653    </ul>
654  </ul>
655<li><b>User's Guide: For Application Developers</b>
656  <ul>
657  <li> Chapter 4, Detector Definition and Response
658    <ul>
659    <li> Section 4.1, Geometry
660      <ul>
661      <li> Subsection 4.1.2, Solids:
662        <ul>
663        <li>Subsection 4.1.2.2, Solids made by Boolean operations: correct examples
664        <li>add new subsection 4.1.2.4, Tessellated solids
665        </ul>
666      <li> Subsection 4.1.4, Physical Volumes: correct source listing numbers
667      <li> Subsection 4.1.7, Reflecting Hierarchies of Volumes
668        <ul>
669        <li>correct source listing numbers
670        <li>update argument list for G4PhysicalVolumePair
671        <li>revision of discussion of Place() method and argument list
672        </ul>
673      <li> Subsection 4.1.6, Creating an Assembly of Volumes
674        <ul>
675        <li>correct figure numbers and code listing numbers
676        <li>add discussion of constituent volume access
677        <li>more discussion of MakeImprint method
678        </ul>
679      <li> Subsection 4.1.9, Geometry Setups: correct source listing numbers
680      <li> Subsection 4.1.11, Detecting Overlaps
681        <ul>
682        <li>correct figure numbers
683        <li>update DAWN links
684        </ul>
685      <li> Subsection 4.1.13, Importing XML models Using GDML: remove DAWN links
686      </ul>
687    <li> Section 4.2, Materials
688      <ul>
689      <li> Subsection 4.2.3, Recipes for Building Materials
690        <ul>
691        <li> Add C, Pb to NIST example
692        </ul>
693      </ul>
694    <li> Section 4.3, Electromagnetic Field
695      <ul>
696      <li> New subsection 4.3.3, Spin Tracking
697      </ul>
698    <li> Section 4.6, Persistency
699      <ul>
700      <li> New subsection 4.6.2: Using Reflex for persistency of geant4 objects
701      </ul>
702    </ul>
703  <li> Chapter 5, Tracking and Physics
704    <ul>
705      <li>Section 5.2, Physics
706        <ul>
707          <li>Subsection 5.2.1, Electromagnetic Interactions
708            <ul>
709              <li>Subsubsection 5.2.1.1, Standard EM processes
710                <ul>
711                <li> add list of steering options for standard EM processes
712                <li> add discussion of G4EmCalculator (which accesses cross sections,
713                     stopping powers
714                </ul>
715              <li> Subsubsection 5.2.1.2, Low Energy EM processes
716                <ul>
717                <li> add discussion of options for photo-electron angular distributions
718                </ul>
719            </ul>
720          <li>Subsection 5.2.5, Optical Photons
721            <ul>
722            <li>add discussion of linear polarization
723            </ul>
724        </ul>
725    </ul>
726  <li> Chapter 8, Visualization
727    <ul>
728    <li> Section 8.3, The Visualization Drivers
729      <ul>
730      <li>Subsection 8.3.2 OpenGL
731        <ul>
732        <li>update discussion
733        <li>provide control options with or without Motif
734        </ul>
735      <li>Subsection 8.3.3 Open Inventor
736        <ul>
737        <li>update discussion
738        <li>update links
739        </ul>
740      </ul>
741    </ul>
742  <li> Chapter 9, Examples
743    <ul>
744    <li> Section 9.2 Extended: add links to and descriptions of TestEm0, TestEm13-17
745    <li> Section 9.3 Advanced: add pointers to three new examples:
746      <ul>
747      <li>cellular irradiation beamline
748      <li>effects of chip carrier on radiation monitoring devices
749      <li>estimate of effect of photonuclear reactions in calorimeters
750      </ul>
751    </ul>
752  <li> Chapter 10, Appendix
753    <ul>
754    <li> Subsection 10.1.5 Windows - MV Visual C++: add link to Installation Guide
755    <li> Subsection 10.1.6 MacOS-X - g++:update dynamic library discussion
756    <li> Subsection 10.5.1 GNUmake system in Geant4: add link to Installation Guide
757    </ul>
758  </ul>
759
760<li><b>Physics Reference Manual</b>
761  <ul>
762  <li> Chapter 7, Common to All Charged Particles
763    <ul>
764    <li> Section 5, Multiple scattering:
765      <ul>
766      <li> update parameter in formula for theta_0
767      <li> update stepping and model parameters
768      <li> add Mayol and Salvat reference
769      </ul>
770    </ul>
771  <li> Chapter 8, Electron Incident
772    <ul>
773    <li> New Section 5, Positron-electron annihilation to hadrons
774    <li> Section 6, Synchrotron Radiation: replaced by new version
775    </ul> 
776  </ul>
777
778<li><b>User's Guide: For Toolkit Developers</b>
779  <ul>
780    <li> Chapter 19, Extending Toolkit Functionality: Visualization
781      <ul>
782        <li> updated
783        <li> new class diagram figure
784      </ul>
785  </ul>
786</ul>
787
788<br>
789
790
791<!-- ============================================== Section --> 
792<hr>
793<font COLOR="#238E23">
794<h2>Version: Geant4 8.0 (December 2005) </h2>
795</font>
796<hr>
797<br />
798
799<ul>
800
801<li><b>Installation Guide: For setting up Geant4 in your computing
802    environment</b>
803  <ul>
804  <li> Chapter 1, Introduction
805    <ul>
806    <li>Section 1.3, Visualization Software: update links
807    </ul>
808  <li> Chapter 2, Installation Procedures
809    <ul>
810    <li>new Section 2.3, Installation of Hadronic Physics Lists
811    <li>Old section 2.3 becomes 2.4
812    </ul>
813  <li> Chapter 3, Tips for Installing on Windows
814    <ul>
815    <li>Section 3.1, Windows with Cygwin Toolset and Microsoft Visual C++
816      <ul>
817      <li> update download link
818      <li> remove paragraph on limitations of MS-VC++ optimizer
819      <li> add link to Getting Started with Cygwin
820      </ul>
821    <li>Section 3.2: add note on physics list installation
822    </ul>
823  </ul>
824<li><b>User's Guide: For Application Developers</b>
825  <ul>
826  <li> Chapter 2, Getting Started
827    <ul>
828    <li> Section 10, How to Visualize the Detector and Events
829      <ul>
830      <li> subsection 2.10.2, Visualization Drivers: re-written
831      <li> remove subsection 2.10.5, Scene, Scene Handler, and Viewer,
832           subsection 2.10.6, Sample Visualization Sessions, becomes 2.10.5
833      <li> remove subsections 2.10.7, 2.10.8 (duplication of viz commands in Section 7.1)
834      <li> new subsection 2.10.6, More Information on Geant4 Visualization: pointer to the Visualization chapter
835      </ul>
836    </ul>
837  <li> Chapter 4, Detector Definition and Response
838    <ul>
839    <li> Section 4.1, Geometry: split into 13 separate pages, one for each
840         subsection
841      <ul>
842      <li> Subsection 4.1.2, Solids:
843        <ul>
844        <li>added Mathematica volume pictures
845        <li>mention method to add pseudo-random points on volume surfaces
846        </ul>
847      <li> Subsection 4.1.4, Physics Volumes:
848        <ul>
849        <li>update parameterized volume sample listings to add surface
850             checking flag
851        <li>add paragraph on advanced parameterizations for nested parameterized
852             volumes
853        </ul>
854      <li> Subsection 4.1.11, Detecting Overlapping Volumes: add paragraph on
855           detecting overlaps at construction
856      </ul>
857    <li> Section 4.2, Materials
858      <ul>
859      <li> Subsection 4.2.2, Introduction to the Classes
860        <ul>
861        <li> G4Element paragraph: add discussion on element access
862        <li> G4Material paragraph: add link to material names
863        </ul>
864      </ul>
865    <li> Section 4.4, Hits
866      <ul>
867      <li> Subsection 4.4.1, Hit: added discussion of G4THitsMap
868      <li> New subsection 4.4.5: MultiFunctional Detector and Primitive Scorer
869      <li> New subsection 4.4.6: Concrete Classes of G4VPrimitiveScorer
870      <li> New subsection 4.4.7: G4VSDFilter and derived classes
871      </ul>
872    </ul>
873  <li> Chapter 5, Tracking and Physics
874    <ul>
875      <li>Section 5.2, Physics
876        <ul>
877          <li>Subsection 5.2.6, Parameterization
878            <ul>
879              <li>updates for use of G4Region
880              <li>Subsubsection 5.2.6.2, Overview of Parameterization
881                  Components : new Fast Simulation figure
882            </ul>
883        </ul>
884    </ul>
885  <li> Chapter 7, Communication and Control
886    <ul>
887    <li> Section 7.1, Built-in Commands: update and expand visualization commands
888    </ul>
889  <li> Chapter 8, Visualization
890    <ul>
891    <li> Section 8.1, Introduction: re-written
892    <li> Section 8.2, New title: Adding Visualization to Your Executable
893      <ul>
894      <li> re-written
895      <li> was section 8.5
896      </ul>
897    <li> Section 8.3, New title: The Visualization Drivers - was section 8.6
898    <li> Section 8.4, New title: Controlling Visualization from Commands
899      <ul>
900      <li>updated, with expanded discussion of visualizing trajectories
901      <li>paragraph added on enhanced trajectory drawing
902      <li> parts of this section moved from Section 2.10 (in Getting Started Chapter)
903      <li> other parts from old Section 8.7 (Interactive Visualization)
904      </ul>
905    <li> Section 8.5, New title: Controlling Visualization from Compiled Code - was section 8.8
906    <li> Section 8.6, Visualization Attributes
907      <ul>
908      <li> updated, with new discussion of color mapping
909      <li> was section 8.3
910      </ul> 
911    <li> New Section 8.7, Enhanced Trajectory Drawing
912    <li> Old sections 8.7 Interactive Visualization, 8.8 Non-interactive Visualization, 
913         and 8.10 More on Visualization, removed and parts distributed to other sections.
914         Section 8.2, What Can Be Visualized? - removed.
915    </ul>
916  <li> Chapter 9, Examples
917    <ul>
918    <li> Section 9.1 Novice: updated and expanded discussion of example N07
919    <li> Section 9.2 Extended: update links
920    </ul>
921  <li> Chapter 10, Appendix
922    <ul>
923    <li> Subsection 10.5.2 Environment Variables: add RayTracer env. vars.
924    </ul>
925  </ul>
926
927<li><b>Physics Reference Manual</b>
928  <ul>
929  <li> Chapter 7, Common to All Charged Particles
930    <ul>
931    <li> Section 6, Transition radiation: improved discussion
932    <li> Section 9, Photoabsorption ionization model: improved
933               discussion of use in physics list
934    </ul>
935  <li> Chapter 22, Parton String Model
936    <ul>
937    <li> Section 1, use correct units for value of hbarc
938    </ul> 
939  <li> Chapter 23, Chiral Invariant Phase Space Model
940    <ul>
941    <li> add new section on neutrino interactions
942    </ul> 
943  <li> Chapter 33, Low Energy Neutron Interactions
944    <ul>
945    <li> new section 33.3 on using low energy paramterized models when
946         high precision models cannot be
947    </ul> 
948  </ul>
949
950<li><b>User's Guide: For Toolkit Developers</b>
951  <ul>
952  <li> Chapter 13, Design and Function: Visualization
953    <ul>
954    <li> Class Design section: add discussion for creating a new graphics
955         system
956    <li> Modeling Sub-category section: add discussion of G4VTrajectoryModel
957    <li> new section on visualization attributes
958    </ul>
959  <li> Chapter 19, Extending Toolkit Functionality: Visualization
960    <ul>
961    <li> new section: Creating a new graphics driver
962    <li> new section: Enhanced trajectory drawing
963    </ul>
964  </ul>
965</ul>
966
967<br>
968<hr>
969
970<!-- ============================================== Section --> 
971<FONT COLOR="#238E23">
972<H2>Version: Geant4 7.1 (June 2005) </H2>
973</FONT>
974<ul>
975
976<li><b>Installation Guide: For setting up Geant4 in your computing
977    environment</b>
978  <ul>
979  <li> Chapter 1, Installation introduction
980    <ul>
981    <li>Section 1.3 Visualization software - add link to WIRED</li>
982    </ul></li>
983  <li> Chapter 2, Installation procedures
984    <ul>
985    <li>"Using the configure script" is now section 2.1</li>
986    <li>"Installing Geant4 manually" is now section 2.2
987      <ul>
988      <li>change environment variable G4USE_G3TOG4 to G4LIB_BUILD_G3TOG4</li>
989      </ul></li>
990    </ul></li>
991  <li> Chapter 3, Tips for installing on Windows
992    <ul>
993    <li>Windows with the Cygwin toolset and MS Visual C++
994      <ul>
995      <li>change Cygwin links</li>
996      <li>add sentence on package selection</li>
997      <li>remove mention of Visual Studio .NET 7.1</li>
998      <li>update Cygwin installation instructions</li>
999      </ul></li>
1000    </ul></li>
1001  </ul></li>
1002
1003<li><b>User's Guide: For Application Developers</b>
1004  <ul>
1005  <li>Chapter 2, Getting Started
1006    <ul>
1007    <li>Section 2.1 How to Define the main() Program
1008      <ul>
1009      <li>Subsection 2.1.4 G4UIManager and UI Command Submission:
1010          replace N02VisManager with G4VisExecutive</li>
1011      </ul></li>
1012    <li>Section 2.3 How to Specify Materials in the Detector
1013      <ul>
1014      <li>add subsection 2.3.5: Define a Material from the Geant4 Material
1015          Database</li>
1016      <li>move subsection on Print Material Information to 2.3.6</li>
1017      </ul></li>
1018    <li>Section 2.9 How to Execute a Program
1019      <ul>
1020      <li>Subsection 2.9.4 Interactive Mode Driven by Command Lines:
1021          in source code listing 2.9.4 replace new MyVisManager with
1022          new G4VisExecutive</li>
1023      <li>Subsection 2.9.5 General Case: in source listing 2.9.5 replace new
1024          N03VisManager by new G4VisExecutive</li>
1025      </ul></li>
1026    <li>Section 2.10 How to visualize the Detector and Events
1027      <ul>
1028      <li>Subsection 2.10.2 Visualization Drivers: change G4VIS_BUILE to
1029          G4VIS_BUILD</li>
1030      <li>Subsection 2.10.3 How to Incorporate Visualization Drivers into an
1031          Executable: update to include G4VisExecutive</li>
1032      <li>Subsection 2.10.4 Writing the main() Method to Include Visualization:
1033        <ul>
1034        <li>update source listing 2.101 to include G4VisExecutive</li>
1035        <li>expand last paragraph
1036        </ul></li>
1037      <li>Subsection 2.10.8 Visualization of the Detector Geometry Tree:
1038          delete RegisterGraphicsSystem lines</li>
1039      </ul></li>
1040    </ul></li>
1041
1042  <li>Chapter 4, Detector
1043    <ul>
1044    <li> Section 4.1 Geometry
1045      <ul>
1046      <li>Subsection 4.1.2 CSG Solids
1047        <ul>
1048        <li>add new constructor for general twisted trapezoid</li>
1049        <li>add G4TwistedTrd</li>
1050        <li>subsection 4.1.2.2: Solids made by boolean operations - correction
1051            of first and second volume in discussion
1052        </ul></li>
1053      <li>Subsection 4.1.5 Touchables: Uniquely Identifying a Volume:
1054          clarification of first paragraph, and addition of arguments to
1055          method names</li>
1056      <li>New subsection 4.1.12 Dynamic Geometry Setups</li>
1057      <li>Subsection 4.1.13 move subsection on Importing XML Models Using
1058          GDML to here</li> 
1059      </ul></li>
1060    <li> Section 4.2 Material
1061      <ul>
1062      <li>Subsection 4.2.2 Introduction to the Classes: add paragraph on
1063          internal material database</li>
1064      <li>Subsection 4.2.3 All the ways to build a material: add source
1065          listing showing how to use internal database</li> 
1066      </ul></li>
1067    <li> Section 4.3 Electromagnetic Field
1068      <ul>
1069      <li>Subsection 4.3.2 Practical Aspects
1070        <ul>
1071        <li>"Creating a Non-Magnetic Field" replaced by
1072            "Creating an Electric or Electromagnetic Field</li>
1073        <li>update source listing 4.3.1</li>
1074        <li>add paragraph on alternate steppers</li>
1075        <li>update source listing 4.3.2</li>
1076        </ul></li>
1077      </ul></li>
1078    </ul></li>
1079
1080  <li>Chapter 5, Tracking and Physics
1081    <ul>
1082    <li> Section 5.2 Physics Processes
1083      <ul>
1084      <li> Subsection 5.2.1 EM Interactions:
1085        <ul>
1086        <li>add list of muon processes</li>
1087        <li>add paragraph on model classes</li>
1088        <li>add positron annihilation going to muons and to hadrons</li>
1089        <li>include physics list code showing model registration</li>
1090        </ul></li>
1091      </ul></li>
1092    </ul></li>
1093
1094  <li> Chapter 8, Visualization
1095    <ul>
1096    <li>Section 8.1 Introduction: replace MyVisManager with G4VisExecutive</li>
1097    <li>Section 8.5 Making a Visualization Executable
1098      <ul>
1099      <li>Subsection 8.5.2 How to Realize Visualization Drivers in an
1100          Executable: replace recipe with paragraph including G4VisExecutive,
1101          remove reference to ExN03VisManager</li>
1102      <li>Subsection 8.5.3 How to Write the main() Function
1103        <ul>
1104        <li>rewrite first paragraph to refer to G4VisExecutive</li>
1105        <li>replace MyVisManager with G4VisExecutive in source listings
1106            8.5.2, 8.5.3, 8.5.4 and text</li>
1107        <li>add verbosity codes</li>
1108        </ul></li>
1109      </ul></li>
1110    <li>Section 8.6 Visualization Drivers: change About_DAWN link</li>
1111    <li>Section 8.7 Interactive Visualization
1112      <ul>
1113      <li>Subsection 8.7.10 Visualization of Detector Geometry Tree
1114        <ul>
1115        <li>update with G4VisExecutive</li>
1116        <li>remove reference to ExN03VisManager</li>
1117        <li>remove "Additional Note" and "Action"</li>
1118        <li>remove verbosity codes, replace with new paragraph</li>
1119        </ul></li>
1120      </ul></li>
1121    <li>Section 8.8 Non-interactive Visualization
1122      <ul>
1123      <li>Subsection 8.8.1 Class G4VVisManager: replace MyVisManager with
1124          G4VisExecutive</li>
1125      <li>Subsection 8.8.6 Visualization of polylines and tracking steps:
1126          change runManager->set_userAction to runManager->SetUserAction</li>
1127      <li>add subsection 8.8.7 Visualization User Action</li>
1128      </ul></li>
1129    </ul>
1130
1131  <li> Chapter 9, Examples
1132    <ul>
1133    <li>Section 9.1 Novice Examples
1134      <ul>
1135      <li>Subsection 9.1.3 Example N02: update classes, remove
1136          ExN02VisManager and links</li>
1137      <li>Subsection 9.1.4 Example N03: remove ExN03VisManager and links</li>
1138      <li>Subsection 9.1.5 Example N04: update classes</li>
1139      </ul></li>
1140    <li>Section 9.2 Extended Examples
1141      <ul>
1142      <li>Subsection 9.2.1 Extended examples
1143        <ul>
1144        <li>add TestEm11</li>
1145        <li>add expgs (General Particle Source Example)</li>
1146        <li>add sentence to ExDiane and ParGeant4</li>
1147        <li>change link for ParGeant4</li>
1148        <li>add radioactive decay example</li>
1149        <li>add run and event example</li>
1150        </ul> 
1151      </ul></li>
1152    <li>Section 9.3 Advanced Examples
1153      <ul>
1154      <li>Subsection 9.3.1 Advanced Examples
1155        <ul>
1156        <li>change links for hadron therapy, medical linac, radioprotection,
1157            xray fluorescence, cosmic ray charging</li>
1158        <li>add links for purging magnet, composite calorimeter, lAr
1159            calorimeter. RICH and Tiara</li>
1160        </ul></li>
1161      </ul></li>
1162    </ul></li>
1163
1164  <li> Chapter 10, Appendix
1165    <ul>
1166    <li>Section 10.4 C++ Standard Template Library: add reference book
1167        "Effective STL"</li>
1168    <li>Section 10.5 Makefiles and Environment Variables
1169      <ul>
1170      <li>Subsection 10.5.2 Environment Variables
1171        <ul>
1172        <li>change G4USE_G3TOG4 to G4LIB_USE_G3TOG4</li>
1173        <li>add zlib module (with g3tog4)</li>
1174        </ul></li>
1175      </ul></li>
1176    <li>Section 10.6 Build for MicroSoft Visual C++: change Cygwin link</li>
1177    <li>Section 10.7 Development and Debug Tools: update links</li>
1178    </ul></li>
1179  </ul></li>
1180
1181<li><b>Physics Reference Manual</b>
1182  <ul>
1183  <li> Chapter 7, Common to All Charged Particles
1184    <ul>
1185    <li> Section 7.2 Energy loss fluctuations: updated</li>
1186    <li> Section 7.5 Multiple scattering: more z sampling discussion and
1187         typo corrections</li> 
1188    </ul></li>
1189  <li> Chapter 11, Low Energy Extensions
1190    <ul>
1191    <li> Section 11 Penelope physics
1192      <ul>
1193      <li>Subsection 5 Photoelectric effect: expanded discussion</li>
1194      </ul></li>
1195    </ul></li>
1196  <li> Chapter 24, Bertini Cascade Model: corrected pion absorption channels,
1197       re-write for English</li>
1198  </ul></li>
1199
1200<li><b>User's Guide: For Toolkit Developers</b>
1201  <ul>
1202  <li>Changed from article format to book format, re-organized sections
1203      into Introduction, Design and Function of Geant4 Categories, Extending
1204      Toolkit Functionality and Appendix</li>
1205  <li>Part 1, Introduction - move User Requirements Document discussion
1206      here (from old chapter 2)</li>
1207  <li>Part 2, Design and Function of Geant4 Categories
1208    <ul>
1209    <li> organize each chapter to have at least Design Philosophy and
1210         Class Design sections</li>
1211    <li> add text from general Geant4 paper to Design Philosophy chapters</li>
1212    </ul></li>
1213  </ul></li>
1214
1215</ul>
1216 
1217<BR>
1218<HR>
1219<!-- ============================================== Section --> 
1220<FONT COLOR="#238E23">
1221<H2>Version: Geant4 7.0 (December 2004) </H2>
1222</FONT>
1223<UL>
1224
1225<LI><B>Installation Guide: For setting up Geant4 in your computing environment</B>
1226  <UL>
1227  <LI> Chapter 1, Installation introduction
1228    <UL>
1229    <LI> Section 1.1 Supported computers and operating systems - updated
1230    <LI> Section 1.3 Visualization software - update links
1231    <LI> Section 1.4 Software for Analysis and Histogramming - update link
1232    </UL>
1233  <LI> Chapter 2, Installation procedures
1234    <UL>
1235    <LI> Section 2.2 Using the configure script - revised
1236    </UL>
1237  <LI> Chapter 3, Tips for installing on Windows - update
1238  </UL>
1239
1240<LI><B>User's Guide: For Application Developers</B>
1241  <UL>
1242  <LI>Chapter 4, Detector
1243    <UL>
1244    <LI> Section 4.1 Geometry
1245      <UL>
1246      <LI> Subsection 4.1.10 Converting Geometries from Geant 3.21 :
1247           conversion of Geant 3.21 magnetic field not supported
1248      <LI> Subsection 4.1.2 Solids: add discussion of GetCubicVolume method
1249        <UL>
1250        <LI> subsection 4.1.2.1: added G4TwistedBox and G4TwistedTrap
1251        </UL>
1252      <LI> Subsection 4.1.3 Logical Volumes : discussion of GetMass method
1253      </UL>
1254    <LI> Section 4.3 Electromagnetic Field
1255      <UL>
1256      <LI> Subsection 4.3.2 Practical Aspects : update discussion of
1257           creating field for part of volume hierarchy - add code snippet
1258      </UL>
1259    </UL>
1260  <LI> Chapter 5, Tracking and Physics
1261    <UL>
1262    <LI> Section 5.2 Physics Processes
1263      <UL>
1264      <LI> Overall grammar, spelling upgrade
1265      <LI> Update G4VProcess discussion with PreparePhysicsTable method
1266      <LI> Subsection 5.2.6 Parameterization : add subsections 5.2.6.9,
1267           5.2.6.10 on Gflash
1268      </UL>
1269    <LI> New Section 5.6 Physics Table
1270    </UL>
1271  <LI> Chapter 6, User Actions
1272    <UL>
1273    <LI> Added Section 6.3 User Information Classes
1274    </UL>
1275  <LI> Chapter 8, Visualization
1276    <UL>
1277    <LI> Section 8.7 Interactive Visualization
1278      <UL>
1279      <LI> Subsection 8.7.11: added three new tutorial macros: vis9, 10, 11
1280      </UL> 
1281    </UL>
1282  <LI> Chapter 9, Examples
1283    <UL>
1284    <LI> Added Section 9.3 Extended Examples
1285    </UL>
1286  <LI> Chapter 10, Appendix
1287    <UL>
1288    <LI> Section 10.2 Histogramming
1289      <UL>
1290      <LI> Subsection 10.2.4 : mention extended electromagnetic examples
1291      </UL>
1292    </UL>
1293  </UL>
1294
1295<LI><B>Physics Reference Manual</B>
1296  <UL>
1297  <LI> New Chapter 5: Particle Transport (was section 12.1)
1298  <LI> Chapter 7, Common to All Charged Particles
1299    <UL>
1300    <LI> New Section 7.2 Energy loss fluctuations (was section 12.3)   
1301    <LI> New Section 7.3 Correcting Cross Sections for Energy Variations (was
1302         subsection 12.1.3 (Integral approach)
1303    <LI> New Section 7.4 Conversion from Range to Kinetic Energy
1304        (was section 12.2)
1305    <LI> Section 7.5 Multiple scattering - updated
1306    <LI> Section 7.9 PAI model - updated
1307    </UL>
1308  <LI> Chapter 12, Miscellaneous - removed (see notes for Chapters 5 and 7)
1309  <LI> New Chapter 13: Shower Parameterizations
1310  <LI> Chapter 20, Parameterization-Driven Models
1311    <UL>
1312    <LI> Section 20.3 High energy model -  new, expanded section
1313    </UL> 
1314  </UL>
1315
1316<LI><B>User's Guide: For Toolkit Developers</B>
1317  <UL>
1318  <LI>Chapter 4, Guide to Extending Geant4 Functionality
1319    <UL> 
1320    <LI> Section 1 Geometry
1321      <UL>
1322      <LI> discussion of creating a derived class from G4VSolid : add
1323           discussion of GetCubicVolume() method and add GetPolyhedron
1324           method
1325      </UL>
1326    <LI> Section 2 EM Fields : correct indeces for storing B and E field
1327         components
1328    </UL>
1329  </UL>
1330
1331</UL>
1332 
1333<BR>
1334<HR>
1335<!-- ============================================== Section --> 
1336<FONT COLOR="#238E23">
1337<H2>Version: Geant4 6.2 (June 2004) </H2>
1338</FONT>
1339<UL>
1340
1341<LI><B>Installation Guide: For setting up Geant4 in your computing environment</B>
1342  <UL>
1343  <LI> Chapter 1, Installation introduction
1344    <UL>
1345    <LI> Updated supported platforms
1346    </UL>
1347  <LI> Chapter 3, Installation on a PC Machine
1348    <UL>
1349    <LI> Updated, subsection titles changed
1350    </UL>
1351  </UL>
1352
1353<LI><B>User's Guide: For Application Developers</B>
1354  <UL>
1355  <LI>Chapter 4, Detector
1356    <UL>
1357    <LI> Section 4.1 Geometry
1358      <UL>
1359      <LI> Subsection 4.1.2 Solids
1360        <UL>
1361        <LI> added G4TwistedTubs discussion
1362        </UL>
1363      <LI> Subsection 4.1.4 Physical Volumes
1364        <UL>
1365        <LI> Subsubsection 4.1.4.2 Repeated volumes
1366                  - update parameterized volumes
1367        </UL>
1368      <LI> Subsection 4.1.7 Reflecting Hierarchies of Volumes - add discussion
1369            of Divide() method 
1370      </UL>
1371    </UL>
1372  <LI> Chapter 5, Tracking and Physics
1373    <UL>
1374    <LI> Subsection 5.2.5 Optical Photons
1375      <UL>
1376      <LI> New Subsubsection 5.2.5.3 inserted:  Generation of Photons in
1377              Optical Processes - Wavelength Shifting
1378      <LI> Subsubsection 5.2.5.4: Tracking of Photons - sections on Rayleigh
1379              Scattering and Boundary Processes updated
1380      </UL>
1381    </UL>
1382  <LI> Chapter 8, Visualization
1383    <UL> 
1384    <LI> Subsection 8.7 Interactive Visualization - bug fix
1385    </UL>
1386  <LI> Chapter 9, Examples
1387    <UL>
1388    <LI> Section 9.1 Novice Examples
1389      <UL>
1390      <LI> removed examplesReadMe
1391      <LI> updated links
1392      </UL>
1393    <LI> Section 9.2 Advanced Examples - expanded discussion of medical example
1394    </UL>
1395  <LI> Chapter 10, Appendix
1396    <UL>
1397    <LI> Section 10.1 Compilation Tips
1398      <UL>
1399      <LI> updated
1400      <LI> added subsection 10.1.6 for MacOS
1401      </UL>
1402    <LI> Section 10.2 Histogramming
1403      <UL>
1404      <LI> Subsection 10.2.2 replace Lizard subsection with PI subsection
1405      </UL>
1406    <LI> Section 10.5 Makefiles and Environment Variables
1407      <UL>
1408      <LI> Subsection 10.5.2 Environment Variables - updated
1409      </Ul>
1410    <LI> Section 10.6 Build for MS Visual C++ -update for Visual Studio
1411    </UL>
1412  </UL>
1413
1414<LI><B>Physics Reference Manual</B>
1415  <UL>
1416  <LI> Chapter 5, Gamma Incident
1417    <UL>
1418    <LI> Section 5.2 Compton Scattering
1419      <UL>
1420      <LI> Add total cross section references
1421      </UL>
1422    </UL>
1423  <LI> Chapter 6, All Charged Particles
1424    <UL>
1425    <LI> Section 6.2 Multiple Scattering
1426      <UL>
1427      <LI> Expanded discussion of true path length to geometrical path length
1428      <LI> Correction term added to Highland formula
1429      </UL>
1430    </UL>
1431  <LI> Chapter 7, Electron Incident
1432    <UL>
1433    <LI> Section 7.2 Bremsstrahlung
1434      <UL>
1435      <LI> Update cross section and energy loss parameterizations
1436      </UL>
1437    </UL>
1438  <LI> Chapter 15, Total Reaction Cross Section in Nucleus-nucleus Reactions
1439    <UL>
1440    <LI> Added section on Tripathi formula for light systems
1441    </UL> 
1442  <LI> New chapter 17, Hadron Elastic Scattering at Medium and High Energy
1443  <LI> New chapter 25, Abrasion-ablation Model
1444  <LI> New chapter 26, Electromagnetic Dissociation Model
1445  </UL>
1446</UL>
1447
1448<BR>
1449<HR>
1450
1451<!-- ============================================== Section --> 
1452<FONT COLOR="#238E23">
1453<H2>Version: Geant4 6.1 (March 2004) </H2>
1454</FONT>
1455<UL>
1456
1457<LI><B>User's Guide: For Application Developers</B>
1458  <UL>
1459  <LI>Chapter 4, Detector
1460    <UL>
1461    <LI> Section 4.1 Geometry
1462      <UL>
1463      <LI> Subsection 4.1.2.2 Solids made by Boolean operations: updated
1464      <LI> Subsection 4.1.8 The Geometry Navigator: updated
1465      </UL>
1466    </UL>
1467  <LI> Chapter 5, Tracking and Physics
1468    <UL>
1469    <LI> Section 5.3 Particles
1470      <UL>
1471      <LI> Subsection 5.3.2 Definition of Particles: update baryon and meson
1472            masses and widths
1473      </UL>
1474    </UL>
1475  </UL>
1476
1477</UL>
1478
1479<BR>
1480<HR>
1481
1482
1483<!-- ============================================== Section --> 
1484<FONT COLOR="#238E23">
1485<H2>Version: Geant4 6.0 (December 2003) </H2>
1486</FONT>
1487<UL>
1488
1489<LI><B>FAQs</B>
1490  <UL>
1491  <LI>Updated
1492  </UL>
1493
1494<LI><B>Installation Guide: For setting up Geant4 in your computing environment</B>
1495  <UL>
1496  <LI>Section 1, Installation introduction: remove OPACS link, add XP to
1497      Windows
1498  <LI>Section 3, Tips for Installing on Windows: add link for creating project
1499      under Visual Studio
1500  </UL>
1501
1502<LI><B>User's Guide: For Application Developers</B>
1503  <UL>
1504  <LI>Chapter 2, Getting Started
1505    <UL>
1506    <LI> Subsection 2.2.3 Choose a Solid: change hightOfTheTube to 25 cm.
1507    <LI> Section 2.8 Setting Up an Interactive Session: remove OPACS
1508    </UL>
1509  <LI>Chapter 3, Fundamentals
1510    <UL>
1511    <LI> Section 3.7 Event Biasing Techniques:
1512      <UL>
1513      <LI> updated code sample in subsection 3.7.1.2: Changing the Sampling
1514           and added weight window discussion
1515      <LI> added new subsection 3.7.1.6: The Weight Window Technique
1516      </UL>
1517    </UL>
1518  <LI>Chapter 4, Detector
1519    <UL>
1520    <LI> Section 4.1 Geometry
1521      <UL>
1522      <LI> Subsection 4.1.2 Solids: remove paragraph on Other BREP Solids
1523      <LI> Subsection 4.1.4 Phyiscal Volumes: add discussion of volume division
1524      <LI> Subsection 4.1.10 Importing Solid Models from CAD: removed
1525      </UL>
1526    <LI> Section 4.3 Electromagnetic Field
1527      <UL>
1528      <LI> Subsection 4.3.2 Practical Aspects: add discussion on creating
1529           field for part of detector, expanded discussion of stepper
1530           parameters
1531      </UL>
1532    <LI> Section 4.6 Persistency
1533      <UL>
1534      <LI> Subsections 4.6.2, 4.6.3, 4.6.4 deleted (obsolete)
1535      </UL>
1536    </UL>
1537  <LI>Chapter 5, Tracking and Physics
1538    <UL>
1539    <LI> Section 5.2 Physics Processes
1540      <UL>
1541      <LI> Subsection 5.2.1.2: add options for Low Energy angular dist.
1542      </UL>
1543    </UL>
1544  <LI> Chapter 8, Visualization
1545    <UL>
1546    <LI> Section 8.5 Making a Visualization Executable: move Table 8.1 to
1547         section 8.6
1548    <LI> Section 8.6 Visualization Drivers:
1549       <UL>
1550       <LI> Subsection 8.6.5: added link
1551       <LI> Subsection 8.6.8: added Table 8.1
1552       </UL>
1553    <LI> Section 8.7 Interactive Visualization: remove OPACS, update tutorial
1554         macros
1555    <LI> Section 8.9 Built-in Visualization Commands: change built-in command
1556         link to point to Section 7.1
1557    <LI> Expanded Subsection 8.10.2: Visualiztion of a Detector Geometry Tree
1558    </UL>
1559  <LI>Chapter 9, Examples
1560    <UL>
1561    <LI> Section 9.1 Novice Examples
1562      <UL>
1563      <LI> replace code in documentation area with
1564           links to checked-out code at
1565           http://pcitapiww.cern.ch/geant4/source/source/geant4
1566      <LI> add subsection 9.1.8: brief description of example N07
1567      </UL>
1568    <LI> Section 9.2 Advanced Examples: update
1569    </UL>
1570  <LI>Chapter 10, Appendix
1571    <UL>
1572    <LI> Section 10.1 Tips for Compilation : revise template repository
1573         discussion
1574    <LI> Section 10.5 Makefiles: remove OPACS, STEP references, add alternate
1575         path for hadronic physics lists
1576    <LI> Section 10.7 Development and Debugging Tools: update links and
1577         references
1578    </UL>
1579  </UL>
1580
1581<LI><B>User's Guide: For Toolkit Developers</B>
1582  <UL>
1583  <LI>Chapter 3, Object-Oriented Analysis and Design
1584    <UL>
1585    <LI>Section 3.5, Geometry: update navigator, overall diagrams, add regions
1586        diagram
1587    <LI>Section 3.6  Electromagnetic Field: update field diagram
1588    </UL>
1589  <LI>Chapter 4, Guide to Extending Geant4 Functionality
1590    <UL>
1591    <LI>Section 4.1: Geometry, minor re-wording
1592    </UL>
1593  </UL>
1594
1595<LI><B>Physics Reference Manual</B>
1596  <UL>
1597  <LI>Chapter 6 Common to All Charged Particles
1598    <UL>
1599    <LI> Insert new section 6.1 on energy loss
1600    <LI> Section 6.1 Multiple Scattering: update equations 6.12 and 6.15
1601         and discussion of model parameters
1602    </UL>
1603  <LI>Chapter 7 Electron Incident
1604    <UL>
1605    <LI> Section 7.1 Electron ionization: revised
1606    <LI> Section 7.2 Electron bremsstrahlung: revised
1607    </UL>
1608  <LI>Chapter 8 Muon Incident
1609    <UL>
1610    <LI> Section 8.1 Muon ionization: revised
1611    </UL>
1612  <LI>Chapter 9 Charged Hadron Incident
1613    <UL>
1614    <LI> Section 9.1 Hadron ionization: revised
1615    </UL>
1616  <LI>Chapter 10 Low Energy Extensions
1617    <UL>
1618    <LI>Section 10.7 Bremsstrahlung
1619      <UL>
1620      <LI> Added subsection on angular distributions and 4 figures
1621      </UL>
1622    <LI>Section 10.11.7 Penelope Physics: Ionization added
1623    <LI>Section 10.11.8 Penelope Physics: Positron annihilation added
1624    </UL>
1625  <LI>Chapter 12 Miscellaneous
1626    <UL>
1627    <LI> Subsection 12.1.3: Integral transport method added
1628    <LI> Section 12.3 Computing Energy Loss: re-written
1629    </UL>
1630  <LI>New Chapter 15 Reaction Cross Sections for Nucleus-nucleus reactions
1631  <LI>Chapter 22 Binary Cascade: add subsection on light-ion reactions
1632  <LI>Chapter 29 Radioactive Decay: re-worded
1633  </UL>
1634</UL>
1635<BR>
1636<HR>
1637
1638<!-- ============================================== Section --> 
1639<FONT COLOR="#238E23">
1640<H2>Version: Geant4 5.2  (June 2003) </H2>
1641</FONT>
1642<UL>
1643
1644<LI><B>Installation Guide: For setting up Geant4 in your computing environment</B>
1645  <UL>
1646  <LI>Section 1, Installation introduction: compiler info, links updated
1647  <LI>Section 2, Installation procedures: minor rewording of section 2.1
1648  <LI>Section 3, Tips for Installing on Windows: minor update
1649  </UL>
1650
1651<LI><B>User's Guide: For Application Developers</B>
1652  <UL>
1653  <LI>Chapter 3, Fundamentals
1654    <UL>
1655    <LI> Section 3.7 Event Biasing Techniques:
1656      <UL>
1657      <LI> added new subsection 3.7.1.6: The Weight Roulette Technique
1658      </UL>
1659    </UL>
1660  <LI>Chapter 4, Detector
1661    <UL>
1662    <LI> Section 4.1 Geometry:
1663      <UL>
1664      <LI> subsection 4.1.10 Importing Solid Models from CAD Systems: added note on support and installation
1665      <LI> subsection 4.1.11 Converting Geometries from Geant3.21: updated
1666      <LI> subsection 4.1.12 Detecting Overlapping Volumes: added new built-in test commands
1667      </UL>
1668    <LI> Section 4.4 Hits:
1669      <UL>
1670      <LI> subsection 4.4.1 Hit: added paragraph on G4Allocator
1671      </UL>
1672    </UL>
1673  <LI>Chapter 9, Examples
1674    <UL>
1675    <LI> Section 9.2 Advanced Examples: added reference to medical example using DICOM
1676    </UL>
1677  <LI>Chapter 10, Appendix
1678    <UL>
1679    <LI> Section 5 Makefiles and Environment Variables:
1680      <UL>
1681      <LI> added environment variable G4LIB_BUILD_G3TOG4 and description
1682      <LI> added STEP modules environment variables G4LIB_BUILD_STEP and G4USE_STEP
1683      </UL>
1684    </UL>
1685  </UL>
1686
1687<LI><B>Physics Reference Manual</B>
1688  <UL> 
1689  <LI> New Chapter 2, Monte Carlo Methods (moved from Miscellaneous section of Electromagnetic processes
1690  <LI> New Chapter 3, Transportation
1691  <LI> Chapter 10, Low Energy Extensions
1692    <UL>
1693    <LI> New section 11: Penelope physics processes
1694    </UL>
1695  </UL>
1696
1697</UL>
1698
1699<BR>
1700<HR>
1701
1702<!-- ============================================== Section --> 
1703<FONT COLOR="#238E23">
1704<H2>Version: Geant4 5.1  (April 2003) </H2>
1705</FONT>
1706<UL>
1707<P>
1708<LI><B>Physics Reference Manual</B>
1709  <UL>
1710  <LI>Chapter 5, Electron incident
1711    <UL>
1712    <LI> new section on e+e- -> mu+mu-
1713    </UL>
1714  <LI>Chapter 18, Chiral Invariant Phase Space Decay
1715    <UL>
1716    <LI>First four sections re-written
1717    </UL>
1718  <LI>Chapter 22, Evaporation Model
1719    <UL>
1720    <LI>Introduction added
1721    <LI>Model description added
1722    <LI>References updated
1723    </UL>
1724  </UL>
1725
1726<LI><B>User's Guide: For Application Developers</B>
1727  <UL>
1728  <LI>Chapter 2, Getting Started
1729    <UL>
1730    <LI> Section 2.4, How to specify particles: subsection 2.4.2.1 updated for
1731         cuts per region, subsection 2.4.2.2 removed
1732    </UL>
1733  <LI>Chapter 3, Fundamentals
1734    <UL>
1735    <LI> Section 3.4 Run: subsection 3.4.4 Run manager corrected and updated
1736    </UL>
1737  <LI>Chapter 4, Detector
1738    <UL>
1739    <LI> Section 4.1 Geometry: subsection 4.1.3.1 added (cuts per region)
1740    </UL>
1741  <LI>Chapter 5, Tracking and Physics
1742    <UL>
1743    <LI> Section 5.2 Physics Processes: correction to paragraph on surfaces
1744         in subsection 5.2.5.3 (Tracking of Optical Photons)
1745    <LI> Section 5.3 Particles: subsection 5.3.2 Definition of a Particle,
1746                                                updated
1747    <LI> Section 5.5 Cuts per Region added
1748    </UL>
1749  <LI>Chapter 6, User Actions
1750    <UL>
1751    <LI> Section 6.1 Mandatory User Actions: updated class listing
1752    <LI> Section 6.2 Optional User Actions: expanded initial paragraph
1753    </UL>
1754  <LI>Chapter 7, Communication and Control
1755    <UL>
1756    <LI> Section 7.1 Built-in commands updated
1757    </UL>
1758  </UL>
1759</UL>
1760
1761<BR>
1762<HR>
1763
1764<!-- ============================================== Section --> 
1765<FONT COLOR="#238E23">
1766<H2>Version: Geant4 5.0  interim update (January 2003) </H2>
1767</FONT>
1768<UL>
1769<P>
1770<LI><B>Physics Reference Manual</B>
1771  <UL>
1772  <LI>Chapter 6, Muon Incident
1773    <UL>
1774    <LI>Section 6.4, Pair production: re-written
1775    </UL>
1776  <LI>Chapter 8, Low Energy Extensions
1777    <UL>
1778    <LI>Section 8.1 Overview: minor re-wording
1779    <LI>Section 8.2 Compton Scattering: minor re-wording
1780    <LI>Section 8.3 Compton Scattering by Linearly Polarized Gamma Rays:
1781      equation correction (polarization vector)
1782    <LI>Section 8.4 Rayleigh scattering: corrected theta sampling (step 1)
1783    </UL>
1784  <LI>Chapter 20, New, Binary Cascade replaces Hadron Kinetic Model
1785  </UL>
1786</UL>
1787
1788<BR>
1789<HR>
1790
1791<!-- ============================================== Section --> 
1792<FONT COLOR="#238E23">
1793<H2>Version: Geant4 5.0  (December 2002) </H2>
1794</FONT>
1795<UL>
1796<P>
1797<LI><B>Introduction to Geant4</B>
1798  <UL>
1799  <LI>FAQ, morefaq updated.
1800  </UL>
1801
1802<LI><B>Installation Guide: For setting up Geant4 in your computing environment</B>
1803  <UL>
1804  <LI>All three sections updated
1805  </UL>
1806
1807<LI><B>User's Guide: For Application Developers</B>
1808  <UL>
1809  <LI>Chapter 3, Toolkit Fundamentals
1810    <UL>
1811    <LI> Section 3.2, Global Usage Classes: update links
1812    <LI> Section 3.4, Run: updated state information
1813    <LI> Section 3.7, Event Biasing: updated and expanded
1814    </UL>
1815  <LI>Chapter 4, Detector Definition and Response
1816    <UL>
1817    <LI> Section 4.1, Geometry: updated
1818    <LI> Section 4.3, Electromagnetic Field: expanded, figures added
1819    </UL>
1820  <LI>Chapter 5, Tracking and Physics
1821    <UL>
1822    <LI>Section 5.2, Physics Processes
1823      <UL>
1824      <LI>Sub-section 5.2.5, Optical Photon Processes: updated
1825      </UL>
1826    <LI>Section 5.3, Particles: particle tables updated
1827    </UL>
1828  <LI>Chapter 7, Communication and Control
1829    <UL>
1830    <LI> Section 7.2, User Interface: updated state information
1831    </UL>
1832  <LI>Chapter 8, Visualization
1833    <UL>
1834    <LI> Section 8.3, Visualization Attributes: add new section on
1835         providing pickable information
1836    </UL>
1837  <LI>Appendix
1838    <UL>
1839    <LI>Section 10.1: Compilation Tips, removed HP, DEC sections
1840    <LI>Section 10.3: CLHEP, updated link
1841    <LI>Section 10.5: Makefiles, updated links
1842    <LI>Section 10.6: Buildfiles, updated links
1843    </UL>
1844  </UL>
1845
1846<LI><B>User's Guide: For Toolkit Developers</B>
1847  <UL>
1848  <LI>Chapter 3, Object Oriented Analysis and Design
1849    <UL>
1850    <LI>Section 3.2: Tracking, updated and partially re-written
1851    <LI>Section 3.9: Global Usage, updated
1852    </UL>
1853  <LI>Chapter 4, Guide to Extending Geant4 Functionality
1854    <UL>
1855    <LI>Section 4.1: Geometry, updated
1856    </UL>
1857  </UL>
1858
1859<LI><B>Physics Reference Manual</B>
1860  <UL>
1861  <LI>Chapter 3, Gamma Incident
1862    <UL>
1863    <LI>Section 3.1, Photoelectric Effect: added introduction
1864    <LI>Section 3.4, Gamma Conversion into a (mu+,mu-) Pair: re-written
1865    </UL>
1866  <LI>Chapter 4, Common to All Charged Particles
1867    <UL>
1868    <LI>Section 4.1, Multiple Scattering: re-written
1869    <LI>Section 4.2, Transition Radiation: re-written
1870    </UL>
1871  <LI>Chapter 5, Electron Incident
1872    <UL>
1873    <LI>Section 5.3, e+e- Annihilation: re-written
1874    <LI>Section 5.4, Synchrotron Radiation: re-written
1875    </UL>
1876  <LI>Chapter 6, Muon Incident
1877    <UL>
1878    <LI>Section 6.1, Ionization: re-written
1879    <LI>Section 6.2, Bremsstrahlung: re-written
1880    <LI>Section 6.3, Muon Photonuclear Interaction: re-written
1881    </UL>
1882  <LI>Chapter 7, Charged Hadron Incident
1883    <UL>
1884    <LI>Section 7.1, Ionization: re-written
1885    </UL>
1886  <LI>Chapter 10, Miscellaneous
1887    <UL>
1888    <LI>Section 10.5, Energy Loss Fluctuations: updated
1889    </UL>
1890  <LI>Chapter 12, Cross Sections in Photonuclear and Electronuclear Reactions
1891    <UL>
1892    <LI>Section 12.2, Parameterization of the Electronuclear Cross Sections :
1893        expanded and re-written
1894    </UL>
1895  <LI>Chapter 15, Parameterization Driven Models
1896    <UL>
1897    <LI>All sections re-written
1898    </UL>
1899  <LI>Chapter 16, Leading Particle Bias
1900    <UL>
1901    <LI>Updated
1902    </UL>
1903  <LI>Chapter 18, Chiral Invariant Phase Space Decay
1904    <UL>
1905    <LI>Updated
1906    </UL>
1907  <LI>Chapter 19, Bertini IntraNuclear Cascade Model
1908    <UL>
1909    <LI>NEW CHAPTER
1910    </UL>
1911  <LI>Chapter 21, Precompound Model
1912    <UL>
1913    <LI>Section 21.2, Simulation of pre-compound reaction: equation label
1914        change
1915    </UL>
1916  <LI>Chapter 22, Evaporation Model
1917    <UL>
1918    <LI>Section 22.2, Simulation of fragment evaporation: updated
1919    </UL>
1920  <LI>Chapter 24, Fermi Breakup Model
1921    <UL>
1922    <LI> Section 24.1, Fermi breakup simulation for light nuclei: remove
1923         subsection 24.1.1 (nuclear masses)
1924    </UL>
1925  <LI>Chapter 25, Multifragmentation Model
1926    <UL>
1927    <LI> minor updates
1928    </UL>
1929  <LI>Chapter 26, Low Energy Neutron Interactions
1930    <UL>
1931    <LI> Section 26.2, Physics and Verification: sections 26.2.2, 26.2.3,
1932         26.2.4 updated
1933    </UL>
1934  </UL>
1935</UL>
1936
1937<BR>
1938<HR>
1939
1940<!-- ============================================== Section --> 
1941<FONT COLOR="#238E23">
1942<H2>Version: Geant4 4.1  (June 2002) </H2>
1943</FONT>
1944<UL>
1945<LI><B>Installation Guide: For setting up Geant4 in your computing environment</B>
1946    <UL>
1947    <LI>Section 1, Introduction: updated supported platforms
1948    <LI>Section 2, PCMachines: updated
1949    <LI>Section 3, Unix Machines: updated
1950    </UL>
1951<P>
1952<LI><B>User's Guide: For Application Developers</B>
1953    <UL>
1954    <LI>Chapter 2, Getting Started
1955      <UL>
1956      <LI>Section 2.8, update user interface description
1957      </UL>
1958    <LI>Chapter 3, Toolkit Fundamentals
1959      <UL>
1960      <LI> add section 3.7 on event biasing
1961      </UL>
1962    <LI>Chapter 4, Detector Definition and Response
1963      <UL>
1964      <LI> update section 4.1: Geometry
1965      </UL>
1966    <LI>Chapter 5, Tracking and Physics
1967      <UL>
1968      <LI>Update section 5.2.1.2: Low Energy EM Physics
1969      <LI>Update particle tables in section 5.3: Particles
1970      </UL>
1971    <LI>Appendix
1972      <UL>
1973      <LI>Section 10.2: Histogramming - updated
1974      <LI>Section 10.3: CLHEP - updated
1975      </UL>
1976    </UL>
1977<P>
1978<LI><B>User's Guide: For Toolkit Developers</B>
1979    <UL>
1980    <LI>Chapter 3, Object-oriented Analysis and Design of Geant4 Classes:
1981        updated and re-organized
1982        <UL>
1983        <LI>Section 3.3, Physics Processes: low energy class diagram removed -
1984            will not print in .ps
1985        <LI>Section 3.5, Geometry: new overall geometry UML diagram
1986        <LI>Section 3.6, Electromagnetic fields: new UML diagram
1987        <LI>Section 3.9, Global Usage: additional Booch diagrams
1988        </UL>
1989    <LI>Chapter 4, Guide to Extending Geant4 Functionality
1990        <UL>
1991        <LI>Section 4.4, Extending hadronic physics: hadronic class diagrams
1992            removed - will not print in .ps
1993        </UL>
1994
1995    <LI>Chapter 5, Appendix: all class diagrams updated
1996    </UL>
1997<P>
1998<LI><B>Physics Reference Manual</B>
1999    <UL>
2000    <LI>Section II
2001       <UL>
2002       <LI>Updated
2003       </UL>
2004    <LI>Section III
2005       <UL>
2006       <LI>Chapter 3: Gamma Incident
2007         <UL>
2008         <LI>Section 3.1 Photo-electric effect: re-written
2009         <LI>Section 3.2 Compton scattering: re-written
2010         <LI>Section 3.3 New section on gamma conversion to e+e- pair
2011         <LI>Section 3.4 New section on gamma conversion to mu+mu- pair
2012         </UL>
2013       <LI>Chapter 4: Common to All Charged Particles
2014         <UL>
2015         <LI>Section 4.1 Multiple scattering: re-written
2016         <LI>Section 4.2 New transition radiation section
2017         <LI>Section 4.5 Photoabsorption-ionization model: re-written
2018         <LI>Section 4.6 Photoabsorption cross section at low energies:
2019             re-written
2020         </UL>
2021       <LI>Chapter 5: Electron incident
2022         <UL>
2023         <LI>Section 5.1 Electron ionization: re-written
2024         <LI>Section 5.2 Electron bremsstrahlung: re-written
2025         <LI>Section 5.3 Synchrotron radiation: updated
2026         <LI>Section 5.4 e+e- annihilation: updated
2027         </UL>
2028       <LI>Chapter 8: Low Energy EM
2029         <UL>
2030         <LI>Section 8.3 new section on Compton scattering by linearly
2031             polarized gamma rays
2032         <LI>All other sections updated
2033         </UL>
2034       </UL>
2035    <LI>Section IV
2036       <UL>
2037       <LI>Chapter 11: Lepton-Hadron interactions: re-written
2038       <LI>Chapter 12: Cross Sections in Photonuclear and Electronuclear
2039           Reactions
2040         <UL>
2041         <LI>Section 12.1 Approximation of PhotoNuclear cross sections:
2042             re-written
2043         <LI>Section 12.3 Parameterization of ElectroNuclear cross sections:
2044             re-written
2045         </UL>
2046       <LI>Chapter 13: Coherent elastic scattering - new material
2047       <LI>Chapter 16: Leading Particle Bias - new chapter on MARS code
2048       <LI>Chapter 18: Chiral Invariant Phase Space Decay - updates
2049       </UL>
2050    </UL>
2051</UL>
2052
2053<BR>
2054<HR>
2055
2056<!-- ============================================== Section --> 
2057<FONT COLOR="#238E23">
2058<H2>Version: Geant4 4.0  (December 2001) </H2>
2059</FONT>
2060<UL>
2061<LI><B>Installation Guide: For setting up Geant4 in your computing environment</B>
2062    <UL>
2063    <LI>Updated sections 1,2 and 3
2064    </UL>
2065<P>
2066<LI><B>User's Guide: For Application Developers</B>
2067    <UL>
2068    <LI>Chapter 1 re-written
2069    <LI>Chapter 2 updated
2070    <LI>Chapters 3, 4 re-organized into chapters 3 through 9
2071    <LI>Sections of chapters 3 through 9 re-written
2072    <LI>Appendix (formerly chapter 5) becomes Chapter 10
2073    </UL>
2074<P>
2075<LI><B>User's Guide: For Toolkit Developers</B>
2076    <UL>
2077    <LI>Chapter 3, Object-oriented Analysis and Design of Geant4 Classes:
2078        updated and re-organized
2079        <UL>
2080        <LI>Section 3.5, Geometry: most figures moved to Appendix
2081        </UL>
2082    <LI>Chapter 4, Guide to Extending Geant4 Functionality: some sections
2083        re-written
2084
2085    <LI>Chapter 5, Appendix: created to hold geometry class diagrams
2086    </UL>
2087<P>
2088<LI><B>Physics Reference Manual</B>
2089    <UL>
2090    <LI>Section I
2091       <UL>
2092       <LI>Occurrence and SetCuts sections moved to new Miscellaneous chapter
2093           in Section II.
2094       <LI>New introduction added (manual scope and definition of terms)
2095       <LI>Renamed section "Introduction"
2096       </UL>
2097    <LI>Section II
2098       <UL>
2099       <LI>Updated
2100       </UL>
2101    <LI>Section III
2102       <UL>
2103       <LI>Chapters re-ordered
2104       <LI>LE gamma conversion added
2105       <LI>Added chapter 10. Miscellaneous
2106       <LI>updates to most LE chapters
2107       </UL>
2108    <LI>Section IV
2109       <UL>
2110       <LI>Added chapter 12 - Cross Sections in Phot...
2111       <LI>Added chapter 13 - Elastic (empty)
2112       <LI>Added chapter 17 - Chiral Inv. Phase Space model
2113       <LI>Remove Theory-Driven Models chapter (was empty)
2114       <LI>Updates, correction to many other chapters
2115       </UL>
2116    </UL>
2117</UL>
2118
2119<BR>
2120<HR>
2121
2122<!-- ============================================== Section --> 
2123<FONT COLOR="#238E23">
2124<H2>Version: Geant4 3.1  (16 April 2001) </H2>
2125</FONT>
2126<UL>
2127<LI><B>User's Guide: For Application Developers</B>
2128    <UL>
2129    <LI>Updated sections: 3-6, 3-18
2130    <LI>Updated sections: 4-2
2131    <LI>Updated sections: 5-10
2132    </UL>
2133<P>
2134<LI><B>Software Reference Manual</B>
2135    <UL>
2136    <LI>Adapted to Geant4 3.1.
2137    </UL>
2138
2139</UL>
2140 
2141<!-- ============================================== Section --> 
2142<FONT COLOR="#238E23">
2143<H2>Version: Geant4 3.0 (December 2000) </H2>
2144</FONT>
2145<UL>
2146<LI><B>Installation Guide: For setting up Geant4 in your computing environment</B>
2147    <UL>
2148    <LI>Update sections: 1, 2, 3
2149    </UL>
2150<P>
2151<LI><B>User's Guide: For Application Developers</B>
2152    <UL>
2153    <LI>Updated sections: 2-10
2154    <LI>Updated sections: 3-6, 3-9, 3-10, 3-16, 3-20
2155    <LI>Updated sections: 5-2, 5-3, 5-5, 5-6, 5-7 
2156    <LI>Updated sections: 4-10
2157    </UL>
2158<P>
2159<LI><B>User's Guide: For Toolkit Developers</B></B>
2160    <UL>
2161    <LI>Updated sections: Object-oriented anlaysis and design of Geant4 classes
2162        <UL>
2163        <LI>Physics Processes
2164        </UL>
2165    </UL>
2166<P>
2167<LI><B>Physics Reference Manual</B>
2168    <UL>
2169    <LI>Updated sections: Electromagnetic Interaction - Low Energy Extension
2170        <UL>
2171        <LI>Hadron and ion ionization
2172        </UL>
2173    </UL>
2174<P>
2175<LI><B>Software Reference Manual</B>
2176    <UL>
2177    <LI>More class descriptions added.
2178    </UL>
2179</UL>
2180 
2181<!-- ============================================== Section --> 
2182<BR><HR>
2183<FONT COLOR="#238E23">
2184<H2>Version: Geant4 2.0 (July 2000) </H2>
2185</FONT>
2186<UL>
2187<LI><B>Overview (Top Page)</B>
2188    <UL>
2189    <LI>Search engine installed.
2190    </UL>
2191<P>
2192<LI><B>Installation Guide: For setting up Geant4 in your computing environment</B>
2193    <UL>
2194    <LI>Update sections: 1, 2, 3
2195    </UL>
2196<P>
2197<LI><B>User's Guide: For Application Developers</B>
2198    <UL>
2199    <LI>Updated sections: 2-2, 2-7, 2-10
2200    <LI>Updated sections: 3-9, 3-10, 3-16(Previous/Next navigation
2201        problem fixed), 3-17, 3-20(Many obosolte descriptions corrected)
2202    <LI>Updated sections: 5-2, 5-7
2203    </UL>
2204<P>
2205<LI><B>Physics Reference Manual</B>
2206    <UL>
2207    <LI>Updated sections: Electromagnetic Interaction - Low Energy Extension
2208        <UL>
2209        <LI>Bremsstrahlung
2210        <LI>Compton
2211        <LI>Hadrons ionization
2212        <LI>Ionisation
2213        <LI>Ions
2214        <LI>Overview
2215        <LI>Photoelectric
2216        <LI>Rayleigh
2217        <LI>Relaxation
2218        </UL>
2219    <LI>Updated sections: Electromagnetic Interaction - Muon
2220        <UL>
2221        <LI>Bremsstrahlung
2222        <LI>Photonuclear interaction
2223        <LI>e+e- pair production
2224        </UL>
2225    </UL>
2226<P>
2227</UL>
2228
2229<!-- ============================================== Section --> 
2230<BR><HR>
2231<FONT COLOR="#238E23">
2232<H2>Version: Geant4 1.0 (December 1999) </H2>
2233</FONT>
2234<UL>
2235<LI><B>Introduction to Geant4</B>
2236    <UL>
2237    <LI>Updated.
2238    </UL>
2239<P>
2240<LI><B>Installation Guide: For setting up Geant4 in your computing environment</B>
2241    <UL>
2242    <LI>Update sections: 1, 2, 3
2243    </UL>
2244<P>
2245<LI><B>User's Guide: For Application Developers</B>
2246    <UL>
2247    <LI>Updated sections: 2-1, 2-9, 2-10
2248    <LI>Updated sections: 3-3, 3-4, 3-11, 3-12, 3-16, 3-17,
2249    <LI>Updated sections: Appendix-2, Appendix-6, Appendix-7
2250    </UL>
2251<P>
2252<LI><B>User's Guide: For Toolkit Developers</B>
2253    <UL>
2254    <LI>No modification.
2255    </UL>
2256<P>
2257<LI><B>Physics Reference Manual</B>
2258    <UL>
2259    <LI>Updated sections: Electromagnetic Interaction - Low Energy Extension
2260    </UL>
2261<P>
2262<LI><B>Software Reference Manual</B>
2263    <UL>
2264    <LI>Completely updated.
2265    </UL>
2266</UL>
2267
2268<!-- ============================================== Section --> 
2269<BR><BR>
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