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Geant4 (for GEometry ANd Tracking) is a platform for "the simulation of the passage of particles through matter," using Monte Carlo methods. It is the successor of the GEANT series of software toolkits developed by CERN, and the first to use object oriented programming (in C++). Its development, maintenance and user support are taken care by the international (Geant4 Collaboration ). Application areas include high energy physics and nuclear experiments, medical, accelerator and space physics studies. The software is used by a number of research projects around the world. The Geant4 software and source code is freely available from the project web site; until version 8.1 (released June 30, 2006), no specific software license for its use existed; Geant4 is now provided under the (Geant4 Software License ). == Features == Geant4 includes facilities for handling geometry, tracking, detector response, run management, visualization and user interface. For many physics simulations, this means less time needs to be spent on the low level details, and researchers can start immediately on the more important aspects of the simulation. Following is a summary of each of the facilities listed above: * ''Geometry'' is an analysis of the physical layout of the experiment, including detectors, absorbers, etc., and considering how this layout will affect the path of particles in the experiment. * ''Tracking'' is simulating the passage of a particle through matter. This involves considering possible interactions and decay processes. * ''Detector response'' is recording when a particle passes through the volume of a detector, and approximating how a real detector would respond. * ''Run management'' is recording the details of each ''run'' (a set of ''events''), as well as setting up the experiment in different configurations between runs. * Geant4 offers a number of options for ''visualization'', including OpenGL, and a familiar ''user interface'', based on Tcsh. Geant4 can also perform basic histogramming; it requires external analysis tools or software that implements the AIDA framework for exploiting advanced histogramming features. Since release 10.0, Geant4 implements multithreading, making use of thread-local storage to allow for efficient generation of simulated events in parallel. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Geant4」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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