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| 44 | <H2>Welcome</H2> |
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| 46 | Welcome to the Geant4 User's Documents page. |
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| 47 | This page gives you an overview of all available documents which |
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| 48 | are created and maintained by the Geant4 international collaboration. |
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| 49 | <P> |
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| 50 | GEANT4 is a toolkit for both full and fast Monte Carlo simulation |
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| 51 | of detectors in High Energy Physics. It is also designed to take |
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| 52 | into account the requirements of space and cosmic ray applications, |
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| 53 | nuclear, heavy ion and radiation computations, and medical |
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| 54 | applications. |
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| 55 | <P> |
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| 56 | The following document gives you a more complete introduction to Geant4. |
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| 58 | |
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| 59 | <UL> |
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| 60 | <LI><A HREF="../../Welcome/IntroductionToGeant4/html/index.html"> |
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| 61 | <B>Introduction to Geant4</B></A> |
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| 118 | <H2>User's Guides</H2> |
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| 119 | </FONT> |
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| 120 | The following four documents comprise a complete set of user's |
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| 121 | manuals for the Geant4 toolkit. They contain the information |
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| 122 | necessary to build a simulation at the novice or advanced level, |
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| 123 | and to make improvements in the toolkit itself. |
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| 124 | |
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| 125 | <UL> |
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| 126 | <LI><A HREF="../../UsersGuides/InstallationGuide/html/index.html"> |
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| 127 | <B>Installation Guide: For setting up Geant4 in your computing |
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| 131 | We strongly recommend installing the Geant4 toolkit under your |
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| 132 | computing environment before starting to read the following |
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| 133 | user's guides. You will gain much more from the user guides |
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| 134 | if you can check things out with a working version while you |
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| 135 | are reading them. |
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| 136 | This installation guide instructs you in the setting up of the Geant4 |
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| 137 | toolkit on your computer. |
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| 160 | <B>User's Guide: For Application Developers</B></A> |
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| 162 | <BR> |
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| 163 | If you are new to Geant4, we recommend that you read this document first. |
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| 164 | The second chapter was written for novice users. It provides a |
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| 165 | step-by-step tutorial in the use of Geant4. Subsequent chapters cover the |
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| 166 | toolkit in more detail, describing how to build practical applications. |
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| 167 | Many example codes are provided, which cover most applications and/or |
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| 168 | experiments. Also included are sections for those who wish to make use |
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| 169 | of the more advanced features of the toolkit. |
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| 193 | <B>User's Guide: For Toolkit Developers</B> |
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| 198 | This document is for those who wish to extend the functionality of the |
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| 199 | Geant4 toolkit. This might include adding a new physics process, adding |
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| 200 | a new particle, and so on. It starts with an explanation of the |
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| 201 | object-oriented analysis and design performed by the original toolkit |
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| 202 | developers. Understanding this design is mandatory for a new toolkit |
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| 203 | developer. Then, guidance on how to extend the functionality of each class |
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| 204 | category is given. |
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| 232 | This is a detailed description of the physics interactions provided in the |
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| 233 | Geant4 toolkit. The theory, model or parameterization of each interaction |
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| 234 | is discussed. There are a few gaps in the Physics Reference Manual which |
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| 283 | To make Geant4 a more powerful and reliable detector simulation |
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| 284 | toolkit, all levels of contributions from you are essential. |
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| 288 | <B>Bug Reports and Fixes</B></A> |
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| 290 | Bugs reported and problem tracking system. |
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