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G4SEE Documentation

Single Event Effect simulation toolkit based on Geant4

Note

The use of G4SEE toolkit (https://cern.ch/g4see) must be acknowledged explicitly by citing the open-access G4SEE publication:

4. Lucsányi, R. García Alía, K. Biłko, M. Cecchetto, S. Fiore and E. Pirovano, “G4SEE: A Geant4-Based Single Event Effect Simulation Toolkit and Its Validation Through Monoenergetic Neutron Measurements,” in IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, vol. 69, no. 3, pp. 273-281, March 2022, doi:10.1109/TNS.2022.3149989.

Contents:

• 1. How To Run with Docker
  • 1.1. Pull Docker image
  • 1.2. Run Docker container
  • 1.3. Use Docker container
  • 1.4. Build Docker image
• 2. How To Compile
  • 2.1. Source code
  • 2.2. Dependencies
  • 2.3. Build & Compile
• 3. How To Run
  • 3.1. Running G4SEE application
  • 3.2. Merging histograms
  • 3.3. Using G4SEE scripts
• 4. Input Macro files
  • 4.1. Standard macro file
  • 4.2. Macro file parametrization
  • 4.3. General Geant4 macro commands
• 5. Material commands
  • 5.1. Element definition
  • 5.2. Material definition
  • 5.3. Mixture definition
• 6. Geometry commands
  • 6.1. Definition of BULK
  • 6.2. Definition of SV
  • 6.3. Definition of BEOL layers
  • 6.4. Special geometry commands
• 7. Biasing commands
• 8. Physics commands
• 9. Scoring commands
  • 9.1. Standard Scoring
  • 9.2. Detailed Scoring
  • 9.3. Deposited energy quantities
• 10. Primary particle commands
• 11. Physics List
  • 11.1. Particles
  • 11.2. Electromagnetic physics
  • 11.3. Hadronic physics
  • 11.4. Decay physics
  • 11.5. Transportation
• 12. Output Files
  • 12.1. Stdout and Stderr
  • 12.2. The event counter file
  • 12.3. The g4see.out output file
  • 12.4. Standard Scoring Histograms
  • 12.5. Detailed Scoring Hits data
• 13. Contribution Guidelines
  • 13.1. Reporting Bugs
  • 13.2. Feature requests, ideas
  • 13.3. Contributing to the code
• 14. Authors