BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:Data::ICal 0.22 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Thomas Krahulik \, University of Virginia - Department of Physi cs\n\n
Geant4 is a software toolkit for simulating how particles interact with matter. It has a wide range of appl ications across diverse fields\, with an emphasis on the simulation of phy sics experiments and events. It is an important tool in the preparation an d analysis of many nuclear and particle physics experiments. The software is constantly evolving with the field\, as a network of Geant4 working gro ups optimizes the structure of the code and the accuracy of the physics. I n some aspects\, the software is still a work in progress\, leaving some g aps in its ability to simulate all experiments. One such piece of physics that is missing from the software is accounting for spin polarization in l ow energy neutron scattering. Spin-polarized neutrons scattered from nucle i will exhibit a left-right asymmetry in their scattering distribution. Th is behavior is not included in the Geant4 classes that handle low energy n eutron scattering. Including the calculations for this left-right asymmetr y is a key component of utilizing Geant4 for simulating polarized neutron experiments. In this talk\, I will describe our work on implementing polar ization effects for elastic neutron scattering in Geant4 and demonstrate s ome proof-of-concept results of the effect these modifications can have on simulations.
\n DTSTART:20210427T193000Z LOCATION:Online\, Room via Zoom SUMMARY:Implementation of Polarization Effects in Geant4 Simulations of Neu tron Elastic Scattering END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR