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1$Id: README,v 1.6 2008/09/26 19:47:51 maire Exp $
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5 Geant4 - an Object-Oriented Toolkit for Simulation in HEP
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7
8 TestEm15
9 --------
10
11 How to compute and plot the final state of Multiple Scattering
12 considered as an isolated process.
13 The method is exposed below : see item Physics.
14
15 1- GEOMETRY DEFINITION
16
17 It is a single box representing a 'semi infinite' homogeneous medium.
18 Two parameters define the geometry :
19 - the material of the box,
20 - the (full) size of the box.
21
22 The default geometry (100 m of water) is constructed in
23 DetectorConstruction, but the above parameters can be changed
24 interactively via the commands defined in DetectorMessenger.
25
26 2- PHYSICS LIST
27
28 The physics list contains the standard electromagnetic processes.
29 In order not to introduce 'articicial' constraints on the step size,
30 there is no limitation from the maximum energy lost per step.
31
32 3- AN EVENT : THE PRIMARY GENERATOR
33
34 The primary kinematic consists of a single particle starting at the edge
35 of the box. The type of the particle and its energy are set in
36 PrimaryGeneratorAction (1 MeV electron), and can be changed via the G4
37 build-in commands of ParticleGun class (see the macros provided with
38 this example).
39
40 4- PHYSICS
41
42 All discrete processes are inactivated (see provided macros),
43 so that Multiple Scattering is 'forced' to determine the first step of
44 the primary particle. The step size and the final state are computed
45 and plotted. Then the event is immediately killed.
46
47 The result is compared with the 'input' data, i.e. with the cross
48 sections stored in the PhysicsTables and used by Geant4.
49
50 The stepMax command provides an additionnal control of the step size of
51 the multiple scattering.
52
53
54 5- HISTOGRAMS
55
56 The test contains 9 built-in 1D histograms, which are managed by the
57 HistoManager class and its Messenger. The histos can be individually
58 activated with the command :
59 /testem/histo/setHisto id nbBins valMin valMax unit
60 where unit is the desired unit for the histo (MeV or keV, etc..)
61 (see the macros xxxx.mac).
62
63 1 Multiple Scattering. True step length
64 2 Multiple Scattering. Geom step length
65 3 Multiple Scattering. Ratio geomSl/trueSl
66 4 Multiple Scattering. Lateral displacement: radius
67 5 Multiple Scattering. Lateral displac: psi_space
68 6 Multiple Scattering. Angular distrib: theta_plane
69 7 Multiple Scattering. Phi-position angle
70 8 Multiple Scattering. Phi-direction angle
71 9 Multiple Scattering. Correlation: cos(phiPos-phiDir)
72
73 See below the note on histogram tools.
74
75 One can control the name and the type of the histograms file with
76 the commands:
77 /testem/histo/setFileName name (default testem15)
78 /testem/histo/setFileType name (default root)
79
80 It is also possible to print selected histograms on an ascii file:
81 /testem/histo/printHisto id
82 All selected histos will be written on a file name.ascii
83 (default testem15)
84
85 Note that, by default, histograms are disabled. To activate them,
86 uncomment the flag G4ANALYSIS_USE in GNUmakefile.
87
88 6- VISUALIZATION
89
90 The Visualization Manager is set in the main().
91 The initialisation of the drawing is done via the commands
92 /vis/... in the macro vis.mac. To get visualisation:
93 > /control/execute vis.mac
94
95 The detector has a default view which is a longitudinal view of the
96 box.
97
98 The tracks are drawn at the end of event, and erased at the end of run.
99
100 7- HOW TO START ?
101
102 compile and link to generate an executable
103 % cd geant4/examples/extended/electromagnetic/TestEm15
104 % gmake
105
106 execute TestEm15 in 'batch' mode from macro files :
107 % TestEm15 compt.mac
108
109 execute TestEm15 in 'interactive mode' with visualization :
110 % TestEm15
111 Idle> control/execute vis.mac
112 ....
113 Idle> type your commands
114 ....
115 Idle> exit
116
117
118 8- USING HISTOGRAMS
119
120 By default the histograms are not activated. To activate histograms
121 the environment variable G4ANALYSIS_USE should be defined. For instance
122 uncomment the flag G4ANALYSIS_USE in GNUmakefile.
123
124 Before compilation of the example it is optimal to clean up old files:
125 gmake histclean
126 gmake
127
128 To use histograms, at least one of the AIDA implementations should be
129 available. See InstallAida.txt
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