Geant4
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Key facts
- Software.name
- Geant4
- Software.developer
- Geant4 Collaboration
- Software.latest_release_version
- 11.4.0
- Software.operating_system
- Cross-platform
- Software.genre
- Computational physics
- Software.license
- Geant4 Software License
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Inception
- 1998
- Published
- 1998
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- simulation software
- Developer
- CERN
- Platform
- cross-platform
- Official website
- geant4.web.cern.ch
- Image
- DAGATA-Detektor Monte Carlo Simulation with Geant4.png
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- P277
- Q2407
- P2283
- Monte Carlo method
- P306
- cross-platform
Article
6 sectionsContents
- Features
- Some high energy physics experiments using Geant4
- Applications outside high energy physics
- See also
- References
- External links
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Geant4 (for GEometry ANd Tracking) is a platform for "the simulation of the passage of particles through matter" using Monte Carlo methods. It is the successor of the GEANT series of software toolkits developed by The Geant4 Collaboration, and the first to use object oriented programming (in C++). Its development, maintenance and user support are taken care by the international Geant4 Collaboration. Application areas include high energy physics and nuclear experiments, accelerator and space physics studies. The software is used by a number of research projects around the world.