Geant4 9.6
   released 30 January 2015 (patch-04)

Please read the Release Notes before downloading or using this release.
The patches below contains bug fixes to release 9.6, we suggest you to download and apply the latest patch for release 9.6 (see the additional notes for patch-01, patch-02, patch-03 and patch-04), or download the complete source with the patches applied; in any case, it is required to apply a full rebuild of the libraries.

• Source files (including patch-04), please choose the archive best suited to your system and archiving tool:
  • GNU or Linux tar format, compressed using gzip (25454650 bytes), gunzip, then unpack using GNU tar.
  • ZIP format (38354569 bytes), unpack using e.g. WinZip.

• Data files (*) for specific, optional physics processes some of the following files are required. The file format is compatible with Unix, GNU, and Windows utilities.
  • Neutron data files without thermal cross sections (version 4.2, 303309551 bytes)
  • Optional thermal neutron cross sections data files (version 4.2, 128939542 bytes)
  • data files (17721923 bytes) for low energy electromagnetic processes (version 6.32).
  • data files (7508401 bytes) for photon evaporation (version 2.3).
  • data files (736879 bytes) for radio-active decay hadronic processes (version 3.6).
  • data files (25800 bytes) from evaluated cross-sections in SAID data-base (version 1.1).
  • data files (2221211 bytes) for evaluated neutron cross-sections on natural composition of elements (version 1.2).
  • data files (4293607 bytes) for shell ionisation cross-sections (version 1.3).
  • data files (1257863 bytes) for measured optical surface reflectance (version 1.0).
  • Low Energy Nuclear Data (LEND) files can be downloaded from: ftp://gdo-nuclear.ucllnl.org/pub/

• Libraries compiled with Geant4 default settings and optimization turned on. Please choose according to your system/compiler:
  • Scientific Linux CERN 5 (SLC5, based on Redhat Linux Enterprise 5), 64 bits, compiled using gcc 4.1.2 (18006505 bytes).
  • MacOSX 10.8 Mountain Lion, 64 bits, compiled using gcc 4.2.1 (14398317 bytes).
  • Windows 7, 32 bits, compiled using VC++ 10.0 (26247078 bytes).
• Libraries have been built using CLHEP version 2.1.3.1. Please refer to the Release Notes for platform specific notes on CLHEP.

Patches for the above release of GEANT4

To install the patch, the archive should be unpacked in the Geant4 installation area where the directory geant4.9.6 is placed, and kernel libraries must be recompiled from scratch.
For instructions on how to unpack, see the notes above for the original source code.

• Patch-04 (30 January 2015) for Geant4.9.6 contains a collection of various corrections, see the description before downloading the patch itself in the correct format:
  • GNU tar file (2341962 bytes) (including tar on Linux), compressed using gzip;
  • ZIP file (2950892 bytes).
• Patch-03 (14 March 2014) for Geant4.9.6 contains a collection of various corrections, see the description before downloading the patch itself in the correct format:
  • GNU tar file (2149853 bytes) (including tar on Linux), compressed using gzip;
  • ZIP file (2728901 bytes).
• Patch-02 (17 May 2013) for Geant4.9.6 contains a collection of various corrections, see the description before downloading the patch itself in the correct format:
  • GNU tar file (1722881 bytes) (including tar on Linux), compressed using gzip;
  • ZIP file (2219868 bytes).
• Patch-01 (1 February 2013) for Geant4.9.6 contains a collection of various corrections, see the description before downloading the patch itself in the correct format:
  • GNU tar file (823274 bytes) (including tar on Linux), compressed using gzip;
  • ZIP file (1117394 bytes).