The 2023 tutorial is supported and organised by The Graduate School of Nuclear and Allied Sciences (SNAS) at the University of Ghana, in collaboration with the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC), Université Paris Saclay (UPS) in France, and the French Embassy in Ghana. See also the Ghana tutorial Web sites:
https://franceghana-geant4.com/
**Graduate School of Nuclear and Allied Sciences , Ghana Atomic Energy Commission, Accra, Ghana Map
The hands on will be done on the classroom computers (MAC OSX) with the Geant4 software already installed. If participants want to work with their laptops, it is necessary to install Geant4 before start of the course. No support for installation will be provided during the course. Also no support will be provided for Windows OS.
More detailed instructions about the necessary Geant4 configuration are available here.
The tutorial will alternate lectures with exercises for development of a user application. The goal is to learn step by step using the Geant4 toolkit and developing of a Geant4 application. The following topics will be covered:
Basic level of C++ programming language is required :
For those who need a revision, besides the books on C++, you can also revise your knowledge e.g. on this site: https://www3.ntu.edu.sg/home/ehchua/programming/index.html#Cpp and follow: 5. C++ OOP Examples 6. C++ OOP Inheritance & Polymorphism where the most important concepts used in Geant4 are presented.