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Geant4: a Game Changer in High Energy Physics and Related Applicative Fields
Tullio Basaglia, Zane W. Bell, Daniele D'Agostino +4
Geant4 is an object-oriented toolkit for the simulation of the passage of particles through matter. Its development was initially motivated by the requirements of physics experimen…
Total Skin Electron Therapy Stanford Technique Evolution With Monte Carlo Simulation Toward Personalized Treatments For Cutaneous Lymphoma
Tullio Basaglia, Patrizia Boccacci, Stephane Chauvie +11
Current Total Skin Electron Therapy (TSET) Stanford technique for cutaneous lymphoma, established in the 70's, involves a unique irradiation setup, i.e. patient's position and beam…
Electromagnetic Data Libraries: recent evolutions and new perspectives
Doina Cristina Duma, Sandra Parlati, Maria Grazia Pia +2
This paper summarizes the current status of the electromagnetic data libraries, reviews recent experimental validation results, highlights open issues and introduces new perspectiv…
Algorithms and parameters for improved accuracy in physics data libraries
M. Batic, M. Han, S. Hauf +6
Recent efforts for the improvement of the accuracy of physics data libraries used in particle transport are summarized. Results are reported about a large scale validation analysis…
Quantifying the unknown: issues in simulation validation and their experimental impact
M. G. Pia, M. Batic, G. Hoff +10
The assessment of the reliability of Monte Carlo simulations is discussed, with emphasis on uncertainty quantification and the related impact on experimental results. Methods and t…
Validation of proton ionization cross section generators for Monte Carlo particle transport
Matej Batic, Maria Grazia Pia, Paolo Saracco
Three software systems, ERCS08, ISICS 2011 and Šmit's code, that implement theoretical calculations of inner shell ionization cross sections by proton impact, are validated with re…
Ionization cross sections for low energy electron transport
Hee Seo, Maria Grazia Pia, Paolo Saracco +1
Two models for the calculation of ionization cross sections by electron impact on atoms, the Binary-Encouter-Bethe and the Deutsch-Maerk models, have been implemented; they are int…
Evaluation of atomic electron binding energies for Monte Carlo particle transport
Maria Grazia Pia, Hee Seo, Matej Batic +4
A survey of atomic binding energies used by general purpose Monte Carlo systems is reported. Various compilations of these parameters have been evaluated; their accuracy is estimat…
Ionisation Models for Nano-Scale Simulation
H. Seo, M. G. Pia, P. Saracco +1
Two theory-driven models of electron ionization cross sections, the Binary-Encounter-Bethe model and the Deutsch-Märk model, have been design and implemented; they are intended to…
New models for PIXE simulation with Geant4
M. G. Pia, G. Weidenspointner, M. Augelli +4
Particle induced X-ray emission (PIXE) is a physical effect that is not yet adequately modelled in Geant4. The current status as in Geant4 9.2 release is reviewed and new developme…
Design and performance evaluations of generic programming techniques in a R&D prototype of Geant4 physics
M. G. Pia, P. Saracco, M. Sudhakar +9
A R&D project has been recently launched to investigate Geant4 architectural design in view of addressing new experimental issues in HEP and other related physics disciplines. In t…
R&D on co-working transport schemes in Geant4
M. G. Pia, P. Saracco, M. Sudhakar +9
A research and development (R&D) project related to the extension of the Geant4 toolkit has been recently launched to address fundamental methods in radiation transport simulation.…
Inter-Comparison and Validation of Geant4 Photon Interaction Models
M. Augelli, M. Begalli, M. G. Pia +7
A R&D project, named Nano5, has been recently launched to study an architectural design in view of addressing new experimental issues related to particle transport in high energy p…
Recent Developments on PIXE Simulation with Geant4
M. G. Pia, G. Weidenspointner, M. Augelli +4
Particle induced X-ray emission (PIXE) is an important physical effect that is not yet adequately modelled in Geant4. This paper provides a critical analysis of the problem domain…
Geant4-related R&D for new particle transport methods
M. Augelli, M. Begalli, T. Evans +11
A R&D project has been launched in 2009 to address fundamental methods in radiation transport simulation and revisit Geant4 kernel design to cope with new experimental requirements…
Research in Geant4 electromagnetic physics design, and its effects on computational performance and quality assurance
M. Augelli, M. Begalli, S. Hauf +9
The Geant4 toolkit offers a rich variety of electromagnetic physics models; so far the evaluation of this Geant4 domain has been mostly focused on its physics functionality, while…
The longitudinal and transverse responses in the inclusive electron scattering: a functional approach
R. Cenni, F. Conte, P. Saracco
The splitting between the charge-longitudinal and spin-transverse responses is explained in a model whose inputs are the effective interactions in the particle-hole channels in the…
Functional approach to the electromagnetic response function: the Longitudinal Channel
R. Cenni, P. Saracco
In this paper we address the (charge) longitudinal electromagnetic response for a homogeneous system of nucleons interacting via meson exchanges in the functional framework. This a…
The y-scaling in the Delta-region
R. Cenni, P. Saracco
A scaling variable for electron scattering off nuclei in the Delta-region is shown to exist. A scaling law for a large variety of scattering data with different kinematics is found…