Microdosimetry simulation with Neon ion beams

Dear Experts,

I found an issue while running SOI microdosimetry simulation with projectile neon ion beams.
The error message as below:
G4WT0 >
-------- EEEE ------- G4Exception-START -------- EEEE -------
*** G4Exception : had006
issued by : G4HadronicProcess::PostStepDoIt
In /home/arif/Geant4/geant4.10.06.p02/source/processes/hadronic/util/src/G4HadSecondary.cc, line 36:
===> ATTEMPTING TO CREATE A SECONDARY WITH NEGATIVE KINETIC ENERGY.
Call for Binary Light Ion Cascade
Target element Oxygen Z= 8 A= 18
Unrecoverable error in the method ApplyYourself of ionInelastic
TrackID= 1 ParentID= 0 Ne20
Ekin(GeV)= 7.91694; direction= (0.999997,0.00235532,0.00113154)
Position(mm)= (-130.724,-2.05782,0.0855208); material PLEXIGLASS
PhysicalVolume <Phantom_Phys>
ApplyYourself failed

*** Fatal Exception *** core dump ***
G4WT0 > G4Track (0x7f823ad1a370) - track ID = 1, parent ID = 0
G4WT0 > Particle type : Ne20 - creator process : not available
G4WT0 > Kinetic energy : 7.91694 GeV - Momentum direction : (0.999997,0.00235532,0.00113154)
G4WT0 > Step length : 1.15338 mm - total energy deposit : 42.2985 MeV
G4WT0 > Pre-step point : (-131.878,-2.06062,0.0837684) - Physical volume : Phantom_Phys (PLEXIGLASS)
G4WT0 > - defined by : ionIoni - step status : 4
G4WT0 > Post-step point : (-130.724,-2.05782,0.0855208) - Physical volume : Phantom_Phys (PLEXIGLASS)
G4WT0 > - defined by : ionInelastic - step status : 4
G4WT0 > *** Note: Step information might not be properly updated.
G4WT0 >
-------- EEEE -------- G4Exception-END --------- EEEE -------

G4WT0 >
G4WT0 > *** G4Exception: Aborting execution ***
Aborted (core dumped)

Is this issue related to physics list which I use?
I’d appreciate any help on this.

Cheers,
Arif

I have this issue for deuteron beams for high number particles. do you find any solutions?

Hi, I have solved this issue by updating the Geant4 version, if you still find the issue with the latest version of Geant4 then you can divided your simulation into several parts (don’t forget to varying the seed) and later merged your results.

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