Gamos: A framework to do Geant4 simulations in different physics fields with an user-friendly interface

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 735, Issue , 2014, Pages 304-313

  Arce, Pedro ^a   Ignacio Lagares, Juan ^a   Harkness, Laura ^b   Pérez Astudillo, Daniel ^a   Cañadas, Mario ^a   Rato, Pedro ^a   De Prado, María ^a   Abreu, Yamiel ^c   De Lorenzo, Gianluca ^d   Kolstein, Machiel ^d   Díaz, Angelina ^c  

^a CIEMAT   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRO DE APLICACIONES TECNOLÓGICAS Y DESARROLLO NUCLEAR CEADEN   (Cuba)

^d BARCELONA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Geant4; Monte Carlo methods; Plug in technology; Scripting

Indexed keywords

GEANT4; GEANT4 SIMULATION; PLUG-IN TECHNOLOGY; SCRIPTING; SCRIPTING LANGUAGES; SIMULATION APPLICATIONS; SOFTWARE SYSTEMS; USER FRIENDLY INTERFACE;

NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTATION; NUCLEAR PHYSICS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 84886257770     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2013.09.036     Document Type: Article

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