Problem 2558 - Unexpected Dependency of Neutron Energy Deposition with QBBC Physics List in Geant4 11.1.2 and latest master HEAD
Summary: Unexpected Dependency of Neutron Energy Deposition with QBBC Physics List in...
Status: ASSIGNED
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Product: Geant4
Classification: Unclassified
Component: physics_lists (show other problems)
Version: other
Hardware: All All
: P4 minor
Assignee: Vladimir.Ivantchenko
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Reported: 2023-08-21 11:15 CEST by Dmitri Konstantinov
Modified: 2023-08-21 11:54 CEST (History)
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Neutron Energy Deposition vs. Starting Distance Plot. (10.33 KB, image/png)
2023-08-21 11:15 CEST, Dmitri Konstantinov 		Details
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Description Dmitri Konstantinov 2023-08-21 11:15:58 CEST 
Created attachment 820 [details]
Neutron Energy Deposition vs. Starting Distance Plot.

[Created from Geant4 user forum: https://geant4-forum.web.cern.ch/t/neutron-distance-dose-dependency/10950

Using the **QBBC** physics list in Geant4 v11.1.2, an unexpected behavior was observed during a simulation measuring the deposited energy by neutrons in a water ball (r=15cm). While protons showed consistent results, neutrons presented an unexpected dependency on Edep with z. The water ball is centrally placed in an empty (G4_Galactic) mother volume.

The simulation was run using a point-like, monoenergetic beam (Ebeam = 1 GeV) along the z-axis with random initial positions z ranging from just before the surface (16cm) to 1 meter from the center of the ball.

Based on git bisect, it appears that the issue might have been introduced in the MR 2976: "phys-ctor-hinelastic-V11-00-01 et al.: enable neutron general process in QBBC + added process of muon pair production by muons"

https://gitlab.cern.ch/geant4/geant4-dev/-/merge_requests/2976