Geant4 developments and applications

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 270-278

  Allison, J ^a   Amako, K ^b   Apostolakis, J ^c   Araujo, H ^d   Dubois, P Arce ^e   Asai, M ^f   Barrand, G ^g   Capra, R ^h   Chauvie, S ^i,j   Chytracek, R ^c   Cirrone, G A P ^k   Cooperman, G ^l   Cosmo, G ^c   Cuttone, G ^k   Daquino, G G ^c   Donszelmann, M ^f   Dressel, M ^c   Folger, G ^c   Foppiano, F ^m   Generowicz, J ^c   Grichine, V ⁿ   Guatelli, S ^h   Gumplinger, P ^o   Heikkinen, A ^q   Hrivnacova, I ^p   Howard, A ^d   Incerti, S ^s   Ivanchenko, V ^r   Johnson, T ^f   Jones, F ^o   Koi, T ^f   Kokoulin, R ^t   Kossov, M ^c   Kurashige, H ^u   Lara, V ^v   Larsson, S ^w   Lei, F ^x   Longo, F ^y   Maire, M ^z   Mantero, A ^h   Mascialino, B ^h   McLaren, I ^c   Lorenzo, P Mendez ^c   Minamimoto, K ^aa   Murakami, K ^b,c   Nieminen, P ^ab   Pandola, L ^ac   Parlati, S ^ac   Peralta, L ^ad   Perl, J ^f   Pfeiffer, A ^c   Pia, M G ^h   Ribon, A ^c   Rodrigues, P ^ad   Russo, G ^k   Sadilov, S ^c   Santin, G ^ab   Sasaki, T ^b   Smith, D ^f   Starkov, N ⁿ   Tanaka, S ^ae   Tcherniaev, E ^c   Tome B ^ad   Trindade, A ^ad   Truscott, P ^x   Urban, L ^af   Verderi, M ^ag   Walkden, A ^a   Wellisch, J P ^c   Williams, D C ^ah   Wright, D ^f   Yoshida, H ^aa   Peirgentili, M ^h   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b HIGH ENERGY ACCELERATOR RESEARCH ORGANIZATION KEK   (Japan)

^c CERN   (Switzerland)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^f SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^h INFN SEZIONE DI GENOVA   (Italy)

ⁱ S CROCE E CARLE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^j SEZIONE DI TORINO   (Italy)

^k INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DEL SUD   (Italy)

^l NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

ⁿ LEBEDEV PHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^o TRIUMF   (Canada)

^p 91405 Orsay Campus   (France)

^q HELSINKI INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Finland)

^r BUDKER INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^s CENTRE D ETUDES NUCLÉAIRES DE BORDEAUX GRADIGNAN   (France)

^t NATIONAL RESEARCH NUCLEAR UNIVERSITY MEPHI   (Russian Federation)

^u KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^v INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA CORPUSCULAR IFIC   (Spain)

^w KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^x QINETIQ   (United Kingdom)

^y SEZIONE DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

^z LABORATOIRE DE PHYSIQUE DES PARTICULES   (France)

^aa NARUTO UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^ab EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^ac LABORATORI NAZIONALI DEL GRAN SASSO   (Italy)

^ad LIP   (Portugal)

^ae RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^af WIGNER RESEARCH CENTRE FOR PHYSICS   (Hungary)

^ag ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^ah UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Electromagnetic interactions; Hadronic interactions; Object oriented technology; Particle interactions; Physics validation; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERACTIONS; HADRONIC INTERACTIONS; OBJECT-ORIENTED TECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; PHYSICS VALIDATION;

ASTROPHYSICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 33645696556     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2006.869826     Document Type: Article

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