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