Validation of Geant4 electromagnetic and hadronic models against proton data

Authors

G A. P Cirrone, INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Sud
G Cuttone, INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Sud
F Di Rosa, INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Sud
S Guatelli, INFN Sezione di GenovaFollow
B Mascialino, INFN Sezione di GenovaFollow
M G. Pia, INFN Sezione di Genova
G Russo, INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Sud

RIS ID

84815

Publication Details

Cirrone, G. A. P., Cuttone, G., Di Rosa, F., Guatelli, S., Mascialino, B., Pia, M. G. & Russo, G. (2006). Validation of Geant4 electromagnetic and hadronic models against proton data. In B. Phlips (Eds.), IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record (pp. 788-792). New Jersey, United States: IEEE.

Abstract

A comprehensive, rigorous validation of Geant4 electromagnetic and hadronic models pertinent to the simulation of the proton Bragg peak in water is presented. Geant4 simulation results are validated against high precision experimental data taken in the CATANA hadrontherapy facility.