Cost: $49

This workshop introduces the Geant4 Monte Carlo simulation toolkit and its applications in various domains. Lecturers include both Geant4 developers and developers of Geant4-based applications.


  1. Introduction to Geant4 simulation toolkit

    1. basic toolkit structure
    2. geometry navigation functionality
    3. physics coverage
    4. its GUI/Vis options
    5. connecting to external physics engines such as Penelope and Fluka
    6. prospect toward heterogeneous computing with GPUs


  1. Overview for building/using Geant4-based applications

    1. overview of typical use-cases
    2. introduction and demonstration of Geant4-based applications
  • medical
  • space engineering
  • radiation shielding and protection
  • single event effects studies