Simulating a Point Source Gamma with Geant4

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Hello everyone,

I recently started working with Geant4 and would like to know which example I could use for my simulation. I want to simulate a point gamma source passing through a target, with a scintillation detector recording the number of received gamma photons. Can you recommend a specific example for this scenario or provide guidance on how to set up this simulation?

thanks in advance.

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Dear Amina,

I would suggest to start to use the Basic Examples of Geant4 to learn how to develop a Geant4 application. If then you are interested in modelling optical photons in the scintillator, I suggest to look at the extended/optical examples of Geant4.

Chere
Susanna

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Dear Amina,

You may take a look to this beginers course given by M. Novak, the sessions were recorded and the material may be found in this github repository.

Best,
Alvaro

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Dear Alvaro and Susanna,

Thank you very much for your message and the valuable information.
I will certainly review the beginner’s course given by Mr. Novak using the link you shared, Alvaro.
Susanna, I also wanted to express my gratitude for your input.

Best regards,
Amina