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| 1 | + |
| 2 | + Geant4 10.5 - patch-01 Release Notes |
| 3 | + ------------------------------------ |
| 4 | + |
| 5 | + 17 April 2019 |
| 6 | + |
| 7 | +List of fixes included in this public patch since the public release 10.5: |
| 8 | + |
| 9 | + o Configuration: |
| 10 | + ------------- |
| 11 | + + CMake: |
| 12 | + o Added configuration GEANT4_USE_SMARTSTACK to enable use of smart-stack |
| 13 | + algorithm for default stack in G4TrackStack. |
| 14 | + |
| 15 | + o Analysis: |
| 16 | + -------- |
| 17 | + + Fixed few typos in printouts. |
| 18 | + |
| 19 | + o Digits_Hits: |
| 20 | + ----------- |
| 21 | + + Define unit categories in messengers for UI commands that take units. |
| 22 | + + G4SDManager, G4VSDFilter: cleanly delete all the G4VSDFilter objects at |
| 23 | + the end of program. |
| 24 | + + Fixed return type of Boolean operators. |
| 25 | + + Fixed shadowing compilation warning in G4ScoringBox and G4ScoringCylinder. |
| 26 | + + Fixed few typos in printouts. |
| 27 | + |
| 28 | + o Event: |
| 29 | + ----- |
| 30 | + + G4PrimaryTransformer: allowing absolute zero proper decay time. |
| 31 | + + G4HEPEvtInterface: clean up G4Exception severities when end-of-file |
| 32 | + is detected. |
| 33 | + + Fixed return type of Boolean operators. |
| 34 | + + Fixed typos in printouts in G4GeneralParticleSourceMessenger. |
| 35 | + |
| 36 | + o G3toG4: |
| 37 | + ------ |
| 38 | + + Fixed return type of Boolean operators. |
| 39 | + + Fixed shadowing compilation warning in G3toG4MakeSolid. |
| 40 | + |
| 41 | + o Geometry: |
| 42 | + -------- |
| 43 | + + Fixed return type of Boolean operators. |
| 44 | + + magneticfield |
| 45 | + o Corrected transformation to local system in G4QuadrupoleMagField. |
| 46 | + o Corrected 'RegularStepperName' in G4ChordFinder to refer to the actual |
| 47 | + default stepper G4DormandPrince745 rather than G4NystromRK4. |
| 48 | + + management: |
| 49 | + o Use reverse_iterator in G4SolidStore::DeRegister() in order to speedup |
| 50 | + partial deregistration on setups with many solids instances. |
| 51 | + o G4Region: added possibility to disable search in the tree in |
| 52 | + AddRootLogicalVolume() for speeding up process in complex flat |
| 53 | + geometries. |
| 54 | + o G4LogicalVolume: in AddDaughter() avoid propagating pointer to |
| 55 | + field-manager if this is null. Addressing problem report #2145. |
| 56 | + + navigation: |
| 57 | + o Protected report for looping particles under verbosity flag in |
| 58 | + G4PropagatorInField::ComputeStep(). |
| 59 | + o Fixed few typos in printouts in G4NavigationLogger. |
| 60 | + + solids/specific: |
| 61 | + o Disabled precise computation of extent and use simple bounding-box in |
| 62 | + CalculateExtent() for G4Tet and G4TessellatedSolid, to speed up |
| 63 | + intialisation in setups with relatively complex meshes. |
| 64 | + Apply bounding-box calculation for extent also for the corresponding |
| 65 | + VecGeom wrappers. |
| 66 | + o Revised algorithms and improved robustness in G4EllipticalTube. |
| 67 | + o Accurate calculation of radical in G4IntersectingCone. |
| 68 | + Addressing problem report #2111. |
| 69 | + + volumes: |
| 70 | + o Correction in G4AssemblyVolume destructor to avoid deletion of internal |
| 71 | + physical volumes, as cleanup is taken care by G4PhysicalVolumeStore. |
| 72 | + Addressing problem report #2140. |
| 73 | + |
| 74 | + o Global: |
| 75 | + ------ |
| 76 | + + Enable FPE detection on MacOS with clang. Addressing problem report #2147. |
| 77 | + + Fixed return type of Boolean operators. |
| 78 | + + Updated date and version for 10.5.p01. |
| 79 | + |
| 80 | + o Graphics Representations: |
| 81 | + ------------------------ |
| 82 | + + Fixed return type of Boolean operators in G4TypeKey. |
| 83 | + |
| 84 | + o Intercoms: |
| 85 | + --------- |
| 86 | + + G4UIcommand: fixed misbehavior in RangeCheck() method, when string-type |
| 87 | + parameter comes prior to numeric-type parameters in commands. |
| 88 | + + Added G4UIparameter::SetDefaultUnit() method to simplify the definition |
| 89 | + of a unit parameter. |
| 90 | + + Fixed return type of Boolean operators. |
| 91 | + + Fixed few typos in printouts. |
| 92 | + |
| 93 | + o Materials |
| 94 | + --------- |
| 95 | + + G4NistMaterialBuilder: fixed atomic number value in simple material |
| 96 | + printout. Fixed build of gas materials. |
| 97 | + Addressing problem reports #2133 and #2134. |
| 98 | + + G4NistManager: added more detailed comments to public methods. |
| 99 | + + Fixed return type of Boolean operators. |
| 100 | + |
| 101 | + o Parameterisations - gflash |
| 102 | + -------------------------- |
| 103 | + + Fixed return type of Boolean operators in G4VGFlashSensitiveDetector. |
| 104 | + |
| 105 | + o Particles |
| 106 | + --------- |
| 107 | + + G4PrimaryParticle: allowing absolute zero proper decay time. |
| 108 | + + Fixed return type of Boolean operators. |
| 109 | + + Fixed typo in printout in G4NuclideTableMessenger. |
| 110 | + |
| 111 | + o Persistency |
| 112 | + ----------- |
| 113 | + + ascii: |
| 114 | + o Fixed shadowing compilation warnings. |
| 115 | + + gdml: |
| 116 | + o Fix in G4GDMLReadStructure::PhysvolRead() to allow correct import of |
| 117 | + recursive assembly structures. Addressing problem report #2141. |
| 118 | + o Added protection to G4GDMLParser for dumping geometry only through |
| 119 | + the master thread. Added extra protection also in reading. |
| 120 | + Addressing problem report #2156. |
| 121 | + o Fixed export of optical surface properties. |
| 122 | + Addressing problem reports #2142 and 2143. |
| 123 | + |
| 124 | + o Physics Lists |
| 125 | + ------------- |
| 126 | + + constructors/electromagnetic: |
| 127 | + o G4OpticalPhysics, G4OpticalPhysicsMessenger: put all UI commands into |
| 128 | + a messenger class; addressing problem report #2085; deprecated commands |
| 129 | + with /default/ in command string. |
| 130 | + o G4EmModelActivator: addressing problem report #2106. |
| 131 | + Fixed compilation warning on clang. |
| 132 | + o G4EmLivermorePhysics, G4EmPenelopePhysics: set multiple-scattering |
| 133 | + configuration the same as in Opt4: RangeFactor=0.08, Skin=3, |
| 134 | + UserSafetyPlus on. |
| 135 | + o G4EmStandardPhysicsWVI: use G4eplusTo2GammaOKVIModel with 3-gamma |
| 136 | + annihilation for e+. |
| 137 | + o G4EmStandardPhysics_option4: changed RangeFactor to 0.08 to improve |
| 138 | + results from fanoCavity test. |
| 139 | + + constructors/hadron_elastic: |
| 140 | + o G4HadronElasticPhysics: for deuteron, triton and alpha, use |
| 141 | + Glauber-Gribov elastic cross-sections (instead of Gheisha ones, |
| 142 | + which returns zero). |
| 143 | + + lists: |
| 144 | + o Shielding, QGSP_BIC_HP, QGSP_BIC_AllHP: set cut for proton to zero. |
| 145 | + Addressing problem report #2150. |
| 146 | + o Minor code clean-up. |
| 147 | + |
| 148 | + o Processes - Electromagnetic: |
| 149 | + --------------------------- |
| 150 | + + adjoint: |
| 151 | + o Fixed typos in printouts and comments. |
| 152 | + + high energy: |
| 153 | + o G4mplIonisation, G4mplIonisationWithDeltaModel: added low limit for |
| 154 | + delta-electron production threshold. Addressing problem report #2126. |
| 155 | + o G4GammaConversionToMuons: fixed low-energy part of the model by adding |
| 156 | + intermediate limit of 5*MuMass, below which an approximation of the |
| 157 | + cross-section similar to the Bethe-Heitler model is used; fixed bug |
| 158 | + in energy sampling for low-energy. |
| 159 | + + low energy: |
| 160 | + o Fixed 'dsigma' calculation in G4PhotoElectricAngularGeneratorPolarized. |
| 161 | + Addressing problem report #2089. |
| 162 | + o Fixed return type of Boolean operators. |
| 163 | + + muons: |
| 164 | + o G4MuMultipleSacttering: reduced length of printout. |
| 165 | + Addressing problem report #2105. |
| 166 | + + standard: |
| 167 | + o G4IonCoulombScatteringModel, G4eCoulombScatteringModel, |
| 168 | + G4eSingleCoulombScatteringModel, G4hCoulombScatteringModel: fixed |
| 169 | + precision loss for scattering with very small kinetic energy. |
| 170 | + Addressing problem report #2152. |
| 171 | + o G4eMultipleSacttering, G4hMultipleScattering: reduced length of |
| 172 | + printouts. Addressing problem report #2105. |
| 173 | + o G4eplusTo2GammaOKVIModel: fixed crash at initialisation. |
| 174 | + o G4ModifiedTsai, G4SauterGavrilaAngularDistribution: reduced length of |
| 175 | + names for these generators. Addressing problem report #2105. |
| 176 | + o Code clean-up in G4BetheBlochModel. |
| 177 | + + utils: |
| 178 | + o G4EmBiasingManager, G4VEmProcess, G4VEnergyLossProcess: fixed weights |
| 179 | + for biasing. Should be like version 10.4 now for range cut, splitting, |
| 180 | + roulette. |
| 181 | + o G4EmBiasingManager: fixed incorrect weights with brem splitting |
| 182 | + introduced in release 10.5. Addressing problem report #2125. |
| 183 | + o G4VEnergyLossProcess, G4VEmProcess, G4VMultipleScattering, |
| 184 | + G4EmModelManager: make info printout at initialisation more compact. |
| 185 | + Addressing problem report #2105. |
| 186 | + o G4VEmProcess, G4VEnergyLossProcess: make printout information more |
| 187 | + compact. |
| 188 | + o G4EmParametersMessenger: defining unit categories for UI commands |
| 189 | + that take units. Fixed typos in printouts |
| 190 | + + xrays: |
| 191 | + o G4Cerenkov: increase protection against infinite loops. |
| 192 | + |
| 193 | + o Processes - Generic: |
| 194 | + ------------------- |
| 195 | + + biasing: |
| 196 | + o Fixed typos in printouts and comments. |
| 197 | + + cuts: |
| 198 | + o Fixed return type of Boolean operators. |
| 199 | + o Fixed typos in printouts in G4PhysicsTableHelper and |
| 200 | + G4ProductionCutsTable. |
| 201 | + + decay: |
| 202 | + o G4Decay, G4UnknownDecay: allowing absolute zero proper decay time. |
| 203 | + + solidstate/channeling: |
| 204 | + o Fixed printouts and comments. |
| 205 | + |
| 206 | + o Processes - Hadronic: |
| 207 | + -------------------- |
| 208 | + + cross_sections: |
| 209 | + o G4ChipsNeutronElasticXS: fixed compilation warnings on clang. |
| 210 | + + models/de_excitation: |
| 211 | + o G4PhotonEvaporation: for nuclear levels without decay modes defined |
| 212 | + perform decay not to the ground state but to the nearest level. |
| 213 | + Addressing problem report #2123. |
| 214 | + o G4LevelReader: fixed typo. Addressing problem report #2124. |
| 215 | + o G4LevelManager, G4NucLevel: fixed debug and warning printouts. |
| 216 | + + models/fission: |
| 217 | + o G4SmpIsoDir: removed use of G4Pow for squaring, sometimes causing crash. |
| 218 | + + models/inclxx: |
| 219 | + o G4INCLHFB: fixed (weak and strong) event non-reproducibility by making |
| 220 | + the arrays 'radiusP, radiusN, diffusenessP, diffusenessN' thread-local. |
| 221 | + o Fixed return type of Boolean operators. |
| 222 | + + models/particle_hp: |
| 223 | + o Fix to make sure production cross-section is not ignored when sampling |
| 224 | + discrete gamma emission. Addressing problem report #1824. |
| 225 | + o G4ParticleHPKallbachMannSyst::Kallbach: replaced G4Exp with std::exp in |
| 226 | + order to avoid underflow/overflow crashes observed with the physics list |
| 227 | + QGSP_BIC_AllHP. |
| 228 | + + models/parton_string/diffraction: |
| 229 | + o G4FTFModel: fixed a memory leak in G4FTFModel::GetStrings(). |
| 230 | + Addressing problem report #2138. |
| 231 | + o Corrected FTF_NUCDESTR_P1_ADEP_TGT parameter that was accidentally |
| 232 | + set as "fixed". Minor cleanups. |
| 233 | + o Fixed return type of Boolean operators. |
| 234 | + + models/parton_string/qgsm: |
| 235 | + o G4QGSParticipants: bug-fix in computation of the transverse mass in |
| 236 | + DeterminePartonMomenta() method. |
| 237 | + o Fixed return type of Boolean operators. |
| 238 | + |
| 239 | + o Processes - Management: |
| 240 | + ---------------------- |
| 241 | + o Fixed typos in printouts in G4ProcessTableMessenger, G4ProcessManager |
| 242 | + and G4VRest*Process. |
| 243 | + o Fixed return type of Boolean operators. |
| 244 | + |
| 245 | + o Readout: |
| 246 | + ------- |
| 247 | + o Fixed return type of Boolean operators. |
| 248 | + |
| 249 | + o Run: |
| 250 | + --- |
| 251 | + o Fix in G4MultiRunAction to cope with more than one user run action |
| 252 | + classes. |
| 253 | + o G4UserPhysicsListMessenger.cc: defining unit categories for UI commands |
| 254 | + that take units. |
| 255 | + o Fixed return type of Boolean operators. |
| 256 | + o Fixed typos in printouts. |
| 257 | + |
| 258 | + o Tracking: |
| 259 | + -------- |
| 260 | + o Fixed return type of Boolean operators. |
| 261 | + o Fixed typos in printouts and comments. |
| 262 | + |
| 263 | + o Visualization: |
| 264 | + ------------- |
| 265 | + o Fix to pick up default number of line-segments-per-circle from |
| 266 | + G4Polyhedron in G4ViewParameters. |
| 267 | + |
| 268 | + |
| 269 | + o Examples: |
| 270 | + -------- |
| 271 | + + Fixed return type of Boolean operators. |
| 272 | + + advanced/ChargeExchangeMC |
| 273 | + o Fixed compilation warnings for unused data when no analysis set. |
| 274 | + o Fixed regular expression error in schema validation for lht.gdml. |
| 275 | + + advanced/doiPET |
| 276 | + o Fixed compilation warnings on clang for unused data members in |
| 277 | + doiPETDetectorConstruction and doiPETEventAction classes. |
| 278 | + + basic/B4 |
| 279 | + o Corrected name of include file: csv.hh. |
| 280 | + + extended/electromagnetic/TestEm8 |
| 281 | + o DetectorConstruction: added alternative materials in order to test all |
| 282 | + methods to construct new material with G4NistMaterialBuilder. |
| 283 | + Addressing problem reports #2133 and #2134. |
| 284 | + + extended/exoticphysics/monopole |
| 285 | + o Avoid instantiation of the vis-manager in the main() in the batch mode; |
| 286 | + set default number of threads to 1. |
| 287 | + o Run, RunAction: extended histograms and printouts to restricted dEdx |
| 288 | + and delta-electron cross-section (addressing problem report #2126). |
| 289 | + o G4MonopolePhysics: minor code clean-up. |
| 290 | + + extended/hadronic/Hadr02 |
| 291 | + o Fixed bug in the energe range of the transition between FTFP and BERT. |
| 292 | + + extended/medical/dna/chem1-5 |
| 293 | + o Fixed PhysicsList. |
| 294 | + + extended/medical/dna/dnaphysics |
| 295 | + o Updated README. |
| 296 | + + extended/persistency/gdml/G01 |
| 297 | + o Migrated example to multi-threading, to test MT in reading/writing. |
| 298 | + + extended/persistency/P03 |
| 299 | + o Fixed compilation warnings on unused local iterators. |
| 300 | + + extended/runAndEvent/RE05 |
| 301 | + o Reduced the number of events in pythia_event.data to make it smaller |
| 302 | + than 2 MB. Number of events executed by the macro exampleRE05.in is |
| 303 | + also reduced accordingly. |
| 304 | + |
| 305 | + ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 306 | + |
| 307 | + Technical Notes |
| 308 | + --------------- |
| 309 | + |
| 310 | + o This patch should be applied on top of release 10.5. |
| 311 | + o Technical notes distributed for release 10.5 are also applicable and |
| 312 | + valid for this patch. |
| 313 | + |
| 314 | +The code and rebuilt binary libraries for release 10.5.p01 are available |
| 315 | +through our "Download" Web page. |
| 316 | + |
| 317 | +Please refer to the Geant4 User Documentation for further information about |
| 318 | +using Geant4. |
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