Validation of Geant4 EM physics for gamma rays against the SANDIA, EPDL97 and NIST databases
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Validation of Geant4 EM physics for gamma rays against the SANDIA, EPDL
97 and NIST databases
Zhang QiweiINFN-LNS/CIAE
14th Geant4 Users and Collaboration WorkshopCatania,Italy October 15,2009
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Outline
Verification before of validation
Identification of data libraries for validation
SANDIA EPDL97 NIST
Validation of the Geant4 photon processes with respect to the data libraries
a) Verification for migrated processes (migrated vs non migrated) for Livermore & Penelope
b) Verification for migrated processes: comparison with Standard physics processes
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Migration of low energy EM processes
From version 9.2 of Geant4, the low energy EM processes and models (Livermore & Penelope) have been migrated to standard EM software design
A physical process can be simulated according to several models
models can be alternative and/or complementary on certain energy ranges
G4PhotoElectricEffect (standard default)
G4LivermorePhotoElectricModel
G4PenelopePhotoElectricModel
G4PhotoElectricEffect
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Photon processes:
Material: elements (15)
compounds : Air Water NaI
Photoelectric effect
Compton scattering
Gamma conversion
(pair production +triplet production)
Rayleigh scattering
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Verification for migrated processes (a)
Comparison of Mean Free Path (MFP) for the migrated processes: G4EmCaculator object
• G4LivermoreXxxModel.cc• G4PenelopeXxxModel.cc
vs
for non migrated processes: Changed the Geant4 code
• G4LowEnergyXxx.cc• G4PenelopeXxx.cc
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Comparison of MFP for Livermore model (Pb)
Comparison of MFP for Livermore model (Water)
photoelectric compton
gamma conversion rayleigh
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Comparison of MFP for Penelope model (Water)
Comparison of MFP for Penelope model (Ne)
photoelectric compton
gamma conversion rayleigh
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Verification for migrated processes (b)
Comparison of Mean Free Path (MFP) for the migrated processes: G4EmCaculator object
• G4LivermoreXxxModel.cc• G4PenelopeXxxModel.cc
vs
for Standard processes: G4EmCaculator object
• G4Xxx.cc
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Comparison with Standard physics processes (Ne)
Comparison with Standard physics processes (Pb)
photoelectric compton
gamma conversion rayleigh
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Identification of data libraries for validation SANIA National Laboratories provide analytical approximations to c
ross sections for both photoelectric absorption of photons by atoms and incoherent scattering of photons by atoms
Analytical Approximations for X-Ray Cross Section III
EPDL97 (Evaluated Photon Interaction Data Library) designed to meet the needs of users at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory for use in photon transport calculations
http://www-nds.iaea.org/epdl97/
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) maintains a large number of databases about photon-atom interactions ( Form Factors, Attenuation & Scattering Tables, NIST X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Attenuation Coefficients and Cross Section)
http://physics.nist.gov/PhysRefData/contents.html
Standard processes
Livermore processes
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Comparison of experimental libraries (H)
Comparison of experimental libraries (Ca)
photoelectric compton
gamma conversion rayleigh
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Comparison of experimental libraries (Air)
Comparison of experimental libraries (NaI)
photoelectric compton
gamma conversion rayleigh
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Validation of the Geant4 photon processes with respect to the libraries based on experimental data
SANDIA EPDL97 NIST
Retrieve the cross section : G4EmCalculator object
G4EmCalculator emCalemCal.ComputeCrossSectionPerAtom (energy,gamma,emName,Z,A,cut)OremCal.ComputeCrossSectionPerVolume (energy,gamma,emName,material,cut)
librariesdeviation = 1 -
model
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Comparison of XS per Atom between SANDIA and Geant4 (O photoelectric)
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Comparison of XS per Atom between SANDIA and Geant4 (Ba compton)
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Comparison of XS per Atom between EPDL97 and Geant4 (Al photoelectric)
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Comparison of XS per Atom between EPDL97 and Geant4 (Fe compton)
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Comparison of XS per Atom between EPDL97 and Geant4 (Se gamma conversion)
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Comparison of XS per Atom between EPDL97 and Geant4 (H rayleigh)
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Comparison of XS per Atom between NIST and Geant4 (Nb photoelectric)
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Comparison of XS per Atom between NIST and Geant4 (Ag compton)
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Comparison of XS per Atom between NIST and Geant4 (I gamma conversion)
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Comparison of XS per Atom between NIST and Geant4 (Cu rayleigh)
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The result in detail:
https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/Geant4/LoweValidation
In Penelope Rayleigh Model,G4EmCalculator object just can retrieve the XS per Atom (energy > 1GeV)
Retrieve the XS directly with the model’s methods
G4PenelopeRayleighModel* ray =
new G4PenelopeRayleighModel();
xs = ray->CrossSectionPerVolume
(material,gamma,energy,cut);
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G4EmCalculator object Direct methods
Comparison of XS per Atom
between NIST and Penelope Model (rayleigh)
Cu
Ag
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conclusions The Standard model cross sections originate from SANDIA,
their differences are small; In the similar case,the Livermore model cross sections are i
n good agreement with EPDL97; The cross sections of most photon models agree with NIST
within 10% except Penelope rayleigh model; The results of two methods (G4EmCalculator object and dir
ect methods) are agreement except Penelope rayleigh model;
It looks like Penelop rayleigh calculations by the G4EmCalculator are performed only above 1 GeV, namely outside the Penelope range. It is probably a limit/problem of the G4EmCalculator
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Thank you !