2015 Workplan
This expected workplan for the Low Energy EM WG has been prepared by both electromagnetic working groups.
(1) - June 2015
(2) - December 2015
(*) limited manpower
[STD] - in collaboration with the Standard EM working group
1) Livermore models
- creation of a version of sub-cutoff processor (1)
- migration of Livermore electron ionisation (2) (*)
- modeling of pair production in the electron field (2)
- migration of polarized gamma models to same software design as non-polarized Livermore models [STD] (*)
2) Penelope models
- update and management of physics processes (2)
- testing and validation (2)
3) Monash U. models
- G4LowEPComptonModel polarisation extension (2)
- migration of Monash U. models to standard EM interfaces and tools (2) (*)
4) Geant4-DNA models
- cross section models for other biological materials and incident particles [STD] (2)
5) MicroElec models
- update to more easily implement different materials [STD] (2) (*)
6) Atomic deexcitation
- expansion of M protons and alpha-particle ionization cross-sections approximation up to 1.0 GeV (2)
7) Validation
- validation of photon cross sections (2)
- validation of Geant4-DNA cross sections (2)
- validation of Geant4 for Proton Therapy (2)
- validation of Geant4 for Carbon Ion Therapy (2)
- RBE modules for biological damage computation (2)
These proposed items may or may not be delivered on time.