Beam Simulation Tools for Geant4

TL;DR

This paper discusses the development of Beam Simulation Tools for Geant4, enhancing its capabilities to simulate particle beams in accelerator physics and complex detector systems.

Contribution

It introduces new Beam Tools that extend Geant4's application scope to accelerator physics and beam line simulations.

Findings

Enables detailed beam physics simulations within Geant4

Supports complex detector and beam line modeling

Applicable to large-scale high energy physics projects

Abstract

Geant4 is a tool kit developed by a collaboration of physicists and computer professionals in the High Energy Physics field for simulation of the passage of particles through matter. The motivation for the development of the Beam Tools is to extend the Geant4 applications to accelerator physics. Although there are many computer programs for beam physics simulations, Geant4 is ideal to model a beam going through material or a system with a beam line integrated to a complex detector. There are many examples in the current international High Energy Physics programs, such as studies related to a future Neutrino Factory, a Linear Collider, and a very Large Hadron Collider.