TY - JOUR A1 - Agostinelli, S. A1 - Dietrich, Dennis Dean A1 - Greiner, Walter A1 - Paech, Kerstin Anja A1 - Scherer, Stefan A1 - Stöcker, Horst A1 - Weber, Henning A1 - Zschiesche, Detlef A1 - al., et A1 - Collaboration, Geant4 T1 - GEANT4 : a simulation toolkit N2 - Abstract Geant4 is a toolkit for simulating the passage of particles through matter. It includes a complete range of functionality including tracking, geometry, physics models and hits. The physics processes offered cover a comprehensive range, including electromagnetic, hadronic and optical processes, a large set of long-lived particles, materials and elements, over a wide energy range starting, in some cases, from 250 eV and extending in others to the TeV energy range. It has been designed and constructed to expose the physics models utilised, to handle complex geometries, and to enable its easy adaptation for optimal use in different sets of applications. The toolkit is the result of a worldwide collaboration of physicists and software engineers. It has been created exploiting software engineering and object-oriented technology and implemented in the C++ programming language. It has been used in applications in particle physics, nuclear physics, accelerator design, space engineering and medical physics. PACS: 07.05.Tp; 13; 23 KW - Simulation KW - Partikel-Wechselwirkungen KW - Geometrisches Modellieren KW - Softwaretechnik KW - Objektorientierte Technologie KW - Particle interactions KW - Geometrical modelling KW - Software engineering KW - Objectoriented technology KW - Distributed software development Y1 - 2003 UR - http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/3297 UR - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-21223 ER -