The XII Geant4 International School

Nov 25, 2024, 8:30 AM → Nov 29, 2024, 7:30 PM Europe/Bucharest

IFIN-HH Training and Conference Center (Extreme Light Infrastructure - Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP))

We are pleased to invite you to the XII Geant4 International School, with a focus on medical applications. The school will be held from 25 to 29 November 2024, at the Extreme Light Infrastructure - Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP) facility in Magurele-Bucharest, Romania, in collaboration with the Laboratori Nazionali del Sud (LNS) of the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN).

ELI-NP is the most advanced research facility in the world in the field of photonuclear physics, an interdisciplinary research field which brings together high-power lasers and nuclear physics.

We aim to bring together leading experts and young researchers working from high energy, nuclear and accelerator physics, to medical and space science. It provides a unique environment for learning, sharing, and discussing the advancements of the Geant4 toolkit with special lectures dedicated to medical applications.

The School will consist of several extended lecture courses given by experts in the field, starting from a basic to a medium level on how to simulate any setup or detector and radiation source, and record chosen output of physical quantities due to source particles and secondaries interacting with the material of the setup. Practical sessions will guide each participant to build an example Geant4 application that is progressively extended to demonstrate a realistic use case.

The course is intended for novices and those with limited familiarity with Geant4. Participants are expected to have a basic knowledge of C++. 
At the end of the school, there will be a test to evaluate the participants' understanding and application of the material covered. Successful participants will receive a certification acknowledging their completion of the course.

Monday, November 25

1 Registration

2 Welcome and logistics

C++ introduction

10:30 AM Coffee break

Geant4 theoretical lesson

3 Introduction to Monte Carlo and Geant4 toolkit

Speaker: Dr Pablo Cirrone (INFN-LNS)

4 Installation of Geant4 and build of a geant4 application

Speaker: Pablo Cirrone (INFN-LNS)

12:30 PM Lunch

Hands-on

5 Task 0

4:00 PM Coffee break

Geant4 theoretical lesson

6 Geant4 User Interface

Speaker: Dr Pablo Cirrone (INFN-LNS)

6:30 PM Welcome reception

Tuesday, November 26

Geant4 theoretical lesson

7 Materials and Geometry

10:30 AM Coffee break

Hands-on

8 Task 1

12:30 PM Lunch

Hands-on: Task 1 (continuation)

Geant4 theoretical lesson

9 Primary generator action

4:00 PM Coffee break

Wednesday, November 27

Geant4 theoretical lesson

10 Physics part I

Hands-on

11 Hands on: Task 3

10:30 AM Coffee break

Hands-on

12 Hands-on: task 3

Geant4 theoretical lesson

13 Physics part 2

12:30 PM Lunch

Hands-on

14 Hands on: Task 3 (continuation)

Geant4 theoretical lesson

15 Interaction with the Kernel I

4:00 PM Coffee break

Hands-on

16 Hands-on: Task 4

Thursday, November 28

Geant4 theoretical lesson: Interaction with the Geant4 Kernel II

17 Interaction with the Geant4 Kernel II

Geant4 Applications: Medical applications of Geant4

10:30 AM Coffee break

Geant4 Applications: Beam trasport and possible application to laser-driven beams

12:30 PM Lunch

G4-DNA: G4-DNA: General Overview

18 ELI-NP visit

7:00 PM Dinner reception

Friday, November 29

G4-DNA: Overview on G4-DNA physics

G4-DNA: Hands-on: "Chem6" example

10:30 AM Coffee break

G4-DNA: Hands-on Chem6

19 G4-DNA: Hands-on Chem6

G4-DNA: Overview on "UHDR" (Ultra High Dose Rate)

20 G4-DNA: Overview on "UHDR"

12:30 PM Lunch

G4-DNA: Hands-on "Moleculardna"

21 G4-DNA: Hands-on "Moleculardna"

3:30 PM Coffee break

22 Evaluation

23 Summary and Closing