GEANT4 Tutorial at TUNL

GEANT4 Tutorial course for beginners at TUNL

June 1-4, 2009 in the TUNL Reading Room

We will have a GEANT4 tutorial course for beginners this summer. The tutorial sessions will include an introduction to the structure of the GEANT4 code including geometry and physics modules and instructions on running the code. The course is in a format of combined lectures and hands-on activities designed for participants with no or little prior knowledge of GEANT4. Familiarity with C++ is highly recommended.

The course will be held from June 1st through 4th (from 10-12 and 1:30-3:30) in the TUNL Reading Room. There will be two sessions per day with the afternoon session concentrating on applications and activities. Note that the number of participants will be limited by the available space. This class is already FULL.

The participants will log onto TUNL computers to run GEANT4 during the hands-on sessions. Requirements for participation include the following:

1. Have use of a laptop during class. It will be used as a 'terminal'. (See below for software requirements)

2. Have a TUNL computing account. Contact Alex Crowell (crowell@tunl.duke.edu) for computing needs.

Questions about the course may be directed to Shigeyuki Tajima (tajima@tunl.duke.edu)

Required computer softwares

Windows users: Install the following softwares unless you already have them.
(1) Putty (secure shell (ssh) client)
(2) Xming (X-server software)
Linux and Mac OSX 10.5 users: No software installation is needed.
Mac OSX 10.4 and 10.3 users: Install X11 unless you already have it.

Verify your software instalation here by running a GEANT4 program.

Class Schedule (slides to be posted)

June 1 (Mon)

10:00--12:00 General announcements (5min) Introduction to GEANT4 (15min), Kernel (40min), Visualization (30min), Running Geant4(20min),
1:30--3:30 User Interface(15min), Hands-on 1

June 2 (Tue)

10:00--12:00 Physics 1 (30min), Material (15min), Geometry (60min)
1:30--3:30 Hands-on 2

June 3 (Wed)

10:00--12:00 (NO CLASS)
1:30--3:30 Primary Particle (30min), (Novice program source codes)

June 4 (Thu)

10:00--12:00 Physics 2 (20min), Physics 3 (40min), Hadronic Physics (40min)
1:30--3:30 Scoring (30min) Hands-on 3

Many of the slides are coutesy of SLAC GEANT4 Team.

2nd GEANT4 tutorial course at TUNL (tentative dates: June 22-25)

Due to many requests we have received, we will offer another GEANT4 Tutorial course later in June. Tentative dates are June 22-25. It will be either 3- or 4-day class. This class is already FULL.