Problem 553 - Particles stepping out of the World volume...
Summary: Particles stepping out of the World volume...
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: Geant4
Classification: Unclassified
Component: geometry (show other problems)
Version: 5.2
Hardware: PC Linux
: P2 major
Assignee: Gabriele Cosmo
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Reported: 2003-11-19 07:11 CET by dellacqu
Modified: 2003-12-16 10:02 CET (History)
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Description dellacqu 2003-11-19 07:11:43 CET 
we have some evidence of particles propagating outside the world volume. here is
the original error report (please note that the Atlas volume is about 50m long)

   Already the second step (line 66) in "BPIPE::Section_01" through
   process "hIoni" leaves the Atlas envelope
   ( (x,y,z)=(-31.9 m,-71.1 m,-213 m) ).
   One of the secondaries produced (mu+, line 164 ff) steps 'forever',
   producing secondaries through "Atlas::Atlas MuIoni", in this outside
   region. The last recorded step before the crash is nr 1283645 at
   (x,y,z)=(-19.5 km,-44.6 km,-131 km).
Comment 1 Gabriele Cosmo 2003-12-16 10:02:59 CET 
Fixes have been introduced in release 6.0 which may help in fixing also such
problem, although we do not have any real evidence of this through our test
cases. Please, let us know if you still observe this.