Progress
and news regarding Issues from 1st proto-Technical Forum Meeting.
J. Apostolakis,
Draft 1.1
The
first proto-Technical Forum was held at TRIUMF on
Draft
minutes are posted at URL http://cern.ch/geant4/technical_forum/
This
presentation covers updates and status on those issues the first Forum.
Req.0101
Access to the Track properties before the processes
Requester : G.Santin (ESA/ESTEC)
Responsible G4 contact person:
H.Kurashige
The
solution proposed to address the current requirements is to add a new user hook
in the hadronic processes to enable the user to inspect the final state for
hadronic processes. A first estimate of
the schedule for this development is the first quarter of 2004 (ie by end-March 2004).
Req.0102
Development of X-ray surface processes
Requester and developer: G.Santin
(ESA/ESTEC)
Responsible G4 contact person: P.Gumplinger
Peter will remain in contact with Giovanni Santin for assisting in this
development.
Req.0103
Geometry construction: input from external models
Requester: G.Santin (ESA/ESTEC)
Responsible G4 contact person : G.Cosmo
The majority of proposed developments require
significant resources. Further action is
on hold until a relative priority and estimated effort required can be
established, in collaboration with the users & proposers.
Req.0104
Ensure that events are reproducible between debug and optimized modes
Requester : F.Ranjard (CERN/LHCb)
Responsible G4 contact :
J.Apostolakis
This
requirement appears very hard to fulfill.
A
recommendation has been made to utilise an
alternative compilation with debug and optimisation
enabled, in order to investigate problems arising from the differences between
debug and optimised versions.
Req.0105
Handle unexpected conditions more robustly
Requester : F.Ranjard (CERN/LHCb)
Responsible G4 contact :
J.Apostolakis
This
was not discussed at the 1st meeting. It
can be addressed here/now in detail.
Req.0106
Setup statistical test suite for most sensitive physics quantities
Requester : R.Debois (SLAC/GLAST), et.al.
Responsible G4 contact :
J.Apostolakis
We
are estimating the effort required to obtain and maintain a limited statistical
suite for key use case and physical processes.
We are particularly interested in benefiting from existing comparisons
and suites. A progress report will be made at the next Technical Forum meeting.
We
point out, though, that the validation of the utility of Geant4 for a
particular use case will remain the user's and user community's responsibility.
Req.0107
Installation kit which contains all packages
Requester : B.Arjomandy (
Responsible G4 developer :
G.Cosmo / G.Folger
This
is under study
Req.0108
Creation of user group / discussion forum in medical field in particular in dosimetry
Requester : E.Brauer-Krisch
(PSI), et.al.
Responsible G4 developer : M.G.Pia
We
propose to create a new area in the User Forum.