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0002 Geant4 9.2 - patch-01 Release Notes
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0005 13 March 2009
0006
0007 List of fixes included in this public patch since the public release 9.2:
0008
0009 o Configuration:
0010 -------------
0011 + Configure script: corrected handling of G4LEDATA and G4LEVELGAMMADATA
0012 paths in generated configuration scripts.
0013 Addresses problem report #1037 and #1039.
0014 + common.gmk, globlib.gmk source/GNUmakefile: remove moc sources in clean
0015 targets.
0016 + Linux-g++.gmk: simplified Qt setup to conform to standard Qt installation.
0017 + Added -lXi to X11LIBS for Linux-g++, Linux-icc and WIN32-g++
0018 configurations, required for correct linkage with OpenInventor Coin3D
0019 libraries.
0020
0021 o Digits_Hits:
0022 -----------
0023 + Fixed incorrect volume size for cylindrical parameterized volume used
0024 in various scorers.
0025
0026 o Geometry:
0027 --------
0028 + navigation:
0029 o Fixed problem in G4BrentLocator::EstimateIntersectionPoint() responsible
0030 for rare cases of negative steps.
0031 o Added G4RegularNavigationHelper class, used by G4RegularNavigation for
0032 counting the number of step lengths in each voxel of the regular
0033 structure. Forgotten inclusion in 9.2.
0034 o Some code cleanup...
0035 + solids/specific:
0036 o Fix in G4Paraboloid::DistanceToOut(p,v,..) for the computation of
0037 normal to surface; added missing normalisation to unit, following
0038 remark in the Geometry Forum Hypernews posting #953.
0039
0040 o Global:
0041 ------
0042 + Correction in management/GNUmakefile to CPPFLAGS, adding G4RF_DEBUG
0043 in case enabled.
0044 + Changed date for patch-01 to release 9.2.
0045
0046 o Low-energy Electromagnetic Processes:
0047 ------------------------------------
0048 + Suppressed warning message in Penelope PhotoElectric process
0049 (G4PenelopePhotoElectric and G4PenelopePhotoElectricModel) from
0050 G4AtomicTransitionManager appearing for some elements (Oxygen, Fluorine).
0051 + Corrected energy limits in G4CrossSectionIonisationBornPartial.
0052 + Added proton case in G4CrossSectionExcitationMillerGreenPartial
0053 and added protection for water excitation energy.
0054 + Added 'kill particle without total energy deposit' feature for
0055 DNA charge change processes.
0056 + Added protections against FPE in G4hLowEnergyLoss.
0057 + Fixes problem report 953 (also report in Hypernews EM forum #893).
0058 + Fixed bug for ICRU73 ion model.
0059
0060 o Materials:
0061 ---------
0062 + G4MaterialStoppingICRU73: added 4 missing materials from ICRU'73.
0063 + G4SimpleMaterialStoppingICRU73: fixed typo in density of Mo.
0064
0065 o Hadronic Processes:
0066 ------------------
0067 + cross_sections:
0068 o Improvements for clearing of memory at end of application:
0069 + G4CrossSectionDataStore: added Clean() method; constructor and
0070 destructor no longer inline; added destruction of data sets;
0071 use std::vector instead of flat arrays.
0072 + G4CrossSectionDataSetRegistry: new singleton to keep pointers to
0073 cross-section data sets.
0074 + G4VCrossSectiondataSet: constructor and detructor no longer inline;
0075 added registration/deregistration mechanism.
0076 + management:
0077 o G4HadronicProcessStore: activated destruction of processes at
0078 application closure; added Clean() method and cleanup of model and
0079 cross section stores.
0080 + models/cascade:
0081 o Corrected absorption coefficient to be set to 1.0 instead of 0.2
0082 inside G4CascadSpecialFunctions. Small differences are observed for
0083 calorimeter observables in Bertini physics-lists, resulting in slightly
0084 wider lateral shower shapes.
0085 + models/chiral_inv_phase_space/interface
0086 o Added de-registration in destructor of G4QCaptureAtRest.
0087 o Added string decay destruction to G4ElectroNuclearReaction.
0088 + models/de_excitation:
0089 o Added smearing of Coloumb barriers for d, t, he3 and alpha particles.
0090 o Fix in G4FissionProbability for computation of EmissionProbability();
0091 returned value was wrong due to missing parenthesis in the
0092 implementation of the formula.
0093 o Fix to substitute 'hbar_Plank' with 'hbarc' in G4EvaporationProbability.
0094 o Fixed leaks in singleton classes in the util module.
0095 o Corrected some inlining of constructors/destructors for base classes
0096 and usage of virtual specification.
0097 + models/management:
0098 o G4HadronicInteractionRegistry: modified to conform to singleton
0099 definition.
0100 o G4HadronicInteraction, G4InelasticInteraction: made constructor,
0101 destructor and some other methods not inline.
0102 + models/photolepton_hadron/muon_nuclear
0103 o Added de-registration of G4MuNuclearInteraction process.
0104 + models/pre_equilibrium:
0105 o G4PreCompoundIon: fixed probability of light ion emission.
0106 o G4PreCompoundXXX: added decrease of Coulomb barrier for d, t, a, he3.
0107 o Some cleanup of comments and formatting...
0108 + stopping:
0109 o Activated registration/de-registration for all LHEP processes.
0110 + util:
0111 o G4StableIsotopes: filled in missing isotope names.
0112
0113 o Generic Processes:
0114 -----------------
0115 + Optical:
0116 o Fix to G4OpBoundaryProcess to address problem report #1040.
0117
0118 o Persistency:
0119 -----------
0120 + ascii:
0121 o Fix in delta theta for handling of G4Sphere, and renaming 'phiTotal'
0122 to 'phiDelta' for the relevant solids in G4tgbVolume implementation.
0123 o Bug fix in definition of delta angle for all solids with section in
0124 Phi in G4tgbVolume. Take into consideration tolerance.
0125 + gdml:
0126 o Fixed association of entities in nested loops for solids and materials.
0127 o Strip off white spaces from names G4GDMLWrite::GenerateName(), to avoid
0128 parsing problems in imported files.
0129 o Corrected treatment of brackets and indeces for matrices in
0130 G4GDMLEvaluator. Fixes problem report #1048.
0131 o Fix in G4GDMLStructure class for missing caching of auxiliary
0132 information from child modules, causing auxiliary information defined
0133 within separated modules to get lost and therefore not assigned to
0134 volumes. Fixes problem report #1049.
0135 o Changed post-fix"_refl" to "_PV" for placements made through the
0136 reflection-factory.
0137 o Added possibility to check overlaps by activating/de-activating the
0138 built-in surface check for placement and parameterised volumes.
0139 By default the overlap check is off. To activate it, use call to the
0140 parser 'SetOverlapCheck(true)' before reading the GDML file.
0141 Required for resolving overlap issues fixed above.
0142
0143 o Particles:
0144 ---------
0145 + Fixed values of masses for light ions.
0146 + Optimised G4IonTable::IsIon() implementation for usage of strings.
0147
0148 o Physics Lists:
0149 -------------
0150 + G4HadronInelasticQBBC: use G4StringChipsParticleLevelInterface instead
0151 of obsolete G4StringChipsInterface.
0152 + G4MiscLHEPBuilder: create processes dynamically for proper deletion at
0153 the end of job.
0154
0155 o Tracking:
0156 --------
0157 + Fixed issue in G4SteppingManager for the special cases of skipping voxel
0158 boundaries in G4RegularNavigation.
0159
0160 o Visualization:
0161 -------------
0162 + Fixed problem in ratio and geometry on X/Xm/Qt/Win32 viewers.
0163 Now possible to pass XString like 400x600-0+0 to viewers, set position
0164 and location.
0165 + Corrected use of G4DEBUG with G4DEBUG_VIS_OGL in OpenGL-Qt code.
0166
0167 o Examples:
0168 --------
0169 + advanced/brachytherapy:
0170 o Fixed compilation errors and warnings when G4ANALYSIS_USE is not set.
0171 + advanced/composite_calorimeter:
0172 o Fixed compilation warnings in CCalRunAction and CCalEndOfEventAction.
0173 + advanced/hadrontherapy:
0174 o Fixed a compilation warnings in HIIonLEP.
0175 + advanced/human_phantom:
0176 o Migrated GDML read setup to use embedded GDML reader as in Geant4 9.2.
0177 o Corrected URL for standard location of schema in all GDML files.
0178 o Use "OrganPos" and "OrganRot" as names for organs's transformations in
0179 ORNL files, as implied by code.
0180 o Fixed 'solids' tag in ORNLLeftLegBone.gdml files for male and female.
0181 o Fixed compilation warnings and updated README.
0182 + advanced/microbeam:
0183 o Correction in MicrobeamEMField to use logical '&&', not bit '&' in
0184 conditional statements.
0185 + advanced/nanobeam:
0186 o Correction in TabulatedField3D to use logical '&&', not bit '&' in
0187 conditional statements.
0188 + extended/medical/DICOM:
0189 o Added report on dose per voxel.
0190 o Fixed use pf class G4RegularNavigationHistory for counting of step
0191 lengths in voxels of the regular structure; forgotten inclusion in
0192 release 9.2.
0193 + extended/persistency/gdml/G02:
0194 o Guarded usage of G4UITCSH with G4UI_USE_TCSH flag, to allow for
0195 compilation on Windows.
0196 o Added visualization properties for world volume in DetectorConstruction
0197 to avoid run-time warning.
0198 o Corrected loading of default geometry with assembly, resolving some
0199 overlaps introduced by mistake.
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0202
0203 Technical Notes
0204 ---------------
0205
0206 o This patch should be applied on top of release 9.2
0207 o Technical notes distributed for release 9.2 are also applicable and
0208 valid for this patch.
0209
0210 The code and rebuilt binary libraries for release 9.2 are available
0211 through our "Download" Web page:
0212 http://cern.ch/geant4/support/download.shtml
0213
0214 Please refer to the Geant4 User Documentation:
0215 http://cern.ch/geant4/support/userdocuments.shtml
0216 for further information about using Geant4.
