Patch4.10.2-1.txt

                 Geant4 10.2 - patch-01 Release Notes
                 ------------------------------------

                                                            26 February 2016

List of fixes included in this public patch since the public release 10.2:

  o Configuration:
    -------------
    + CMake:
      o Fixed configuration error occurring when using CLHEP-2.3.1.1 external
        installation. Addressing problem report #1805.
      o Updated data-sets to RadioactiveDecay-4.3.1 and G4ENSDFSTATE-1.2.1.
    + GNUMake:
      o Added settings for C++ standards in platform specific scripts.

  o Analysis:
    --------
    + Fixed definition of /analysis/ntuple command directory which was created
      implicitly with the commands and so defined without a guideline and not
      deleted.

  o Externals
    ---------
    + zlib:
      o Fixed compilation warnings on clang-3.7 compiler.

  o Geometry:
    --------
    + magnetic-field:
      o Fix for spin tracking of particles with negative magnetic moment.
        Addressing problem report #1831.
    + navigation:
      o Relaxed condition for zero or almost-zero steps in G4ReplicaNavigation
        and G4Navigator, to allow for faster progression in case of stuck tracks
        in 3D scoring meshes. Addressing old problem report #1432.
      o Fix in G4ReplicaNavigation::ComputeStep() for correct setting of copyNo
        for particle entering. Fixes issue of negative copyNo observed in nested
        replica setups. Addressing problem report #1634.
      o Moved check for overlaps in G4Navigator::ComputeStep() within G4VERBOSE.
        Addressing problem report #1811.
    + solids/Boolean:
      o Minor optimisation in Inside(p) for G4UnionSolid and G4SubtractionSolid.
    + solids/specific:
      o Fix in G4GenericTrap for computation of extent.
        Addressing problem report #1809.
        Disabled debug warning in SurfaceNormal().
      o Correction in G4ExtrudedSolid::AddGeneralPolygonFacets() for precision
        treatment in construction of tessels to avoid cases of collinear points
        and consequent degenerating triangles.
        Addressing problem report #1777.
      o Use pre-computed kCarToleranceHalf constant in G4ExtrudedSolid, now
        protected in G4TessellatedSolid.

  o Global:
    ------
    + Corrected conditions for proper treatment of gcc-5 in tls.hh and
      G4Threading.hh.
    + Removed unused and buggy operator=(const G4String&) in G4SubString.
    + Updated date and version for 10.2.p01.

  o Graphics Representations:
    ------------------------
    + Use "" instead of <> for internal header inclusion in
      HepPolyhedronProcessor.h.

  o Materials:
    ---------
    + Fixed rare data-race in G4MaterialPropertiesTable for optical physics.
    + G4NistMaterialBuilder: added lock to build of new NIST material; needed,
      as some physics processes may create a new NIST material from worker
      thread.
    + G4NistElementBuilder: fixed typo in printout.
      Addressing problem report #1786.

  o Particles:
    ---------
    + Fixed wrong argument order CreateIon(A,Z,LL,0.0) in G4IonTable to
      CreateIon(Z,A,LL,0.0).
    + Fixed setting of mass in decay parent particle.
      Addressing problem report #1820.
    + Fixed G4DecayTable::SelectADecayChannel() for decay channels all
      kinematically forbidden.
    + In G4IonTable removed static const tolerance and replaced with call to
      G4NuclideTable; this recovers missed levels when they are closer together
      than 2 keV. Reverted default value of level tolerance in G4NuclideTable
      to 1 eV; turn out rounding of excitation energy to avoid potential
      conservation problems.

  o Persistency:
    -----------
    + GDML:
      o Corrected broken URLs and version number to schema.

  o Physics Lists
    -------------
    + builders:
      o G4NeutronHPBuilder: corrected name from "NeutronHPInelastic" to
        "ParticleHPInelastic".
    + constructors/limiters:
      o G4ParallelWorldPhysics: fixed process order index for
        G4ParallelWorldProcess to 9900 to make sure it is registered
        prior to G4OpBoundaryProcess.
    + constructors/electromagnetic:
      o G4EmStandardPhysicsSS: do not compute cross-section tables
        if experimental Mott cross-section is enabled (this provides a
        significant increase in CPU, but only in this conditions Mott
        corrections are valid).
    + constructors/hadron_elastic:
      o Added missing hadron elastic for He3 in G4HadronElasticPhysics,
        using Glauber-Gribov elastic cross-section (Gheisha does not have
        hadronic - elastic and inelastic - cross-sections for He3).

  o Processes - Electromagnetic:
    ---------------------------
    + dna:
      o In ionisation models SampleSecondaries(), added protection on energy
        in case of interpolation method change.
    + lowenergy:
      o Fixed inclusion guard in G4LivermorePolarizedPhotoElecticModel.hh.
        Addressing problem report #1816.
      o Code cleanup and fixed Coverity defects.
    + standard:
      o Fixed cases of floating-point exception in G4ScreeningMottCrossSection.
        Some code cleanup and performance improvements.
      o Fixed sampling of scattering angle in G4eSingleCoulombScatteringModel.
        Addressing problem report #1823.
      o G4GoudsmitSaundersonMscModel G4GoudsmitSaundersonTable: updated step 
        limitations. Fixed Coverity defects and improved comments.
    + utils:
      o G4EmSaturation: corrected method name from VisibleEnergyDeposition() to
        VisibleEnergyDepositionAtAStep(), in order to allow overloading of
        virtual method. Addressing problem report #1807.
      o G4EmCalculator: fixed computation of dEdx and range for He3 and alpha.
        Addressing problem report #1808.
      o G4LossTableManager: avoid double addition of He3 and alpha to the loss
        table map (should not have any effect on results).
    + xrays:
      o G4VTransitionRadiation, G4VXTRenergyLoss: fixed process sub-type.
      o G4Scintillation: use new method introduced in G4EmSaturation
        VisibleEnergyDepositionAtAStep() in order to fix overloading problem.

  o Processes - Generic:
    -------------------
    + biasing:
      o Code cleanup and Coverity fixes in 'generic' and 'management' modules.
    + scoring:
      o G4ParallelWorldProcess: fixed processType from 'fParameterized'
        to 'fParallel' and set processSubType to 491.
    + optical:
      o Fix to DielectricLUT concerning the sequence of rotations.
        Addressing problem report #1826.

  o Processes - Hadronic:
    --------------------
    + models/abla:
      o Fixed bug in de-excitation of boosted nucleon remnants.
    + models/de_excitation:
      o G4GammaTransition: added protection against rare problem in sampling 
        of internal conversion when transition energy is lower than atomic 
        level energy: instead of stopping the cascade, set bound level energy
        to zero and produce final e-; this allows to complete radioactive-decay
        cascade. Addressing problem report #1806.
      o G4PhotonEvaporation, G4LevelManager, G4LevelReader, G4NuclearLevelData:
        fixed remaining cases of production of excited stated.
        Addressing problem report #1806.
      o G4PhotonEvaporation, G4LevelReader, G4NucLevel: fixed treatment of
        X-levels (meta-stable nuclear levels which have forbidden gamma
        transition but opened beta-transitions); this fix excludes creation of
        very low-energy fake gamma and provides a correct nuclear decay
        sequence.
      o G4PhotonEvaporation: set limit on emitted gamma energy 0.1 keV (was
        10 keV).
    + models/lend:
      o Fixed problem in prodcution of residual neutrons.
      o Corrected use of isnan() to std::isnan() for compilers different than
        Windows/VC++.
      o Fixed Coverity defects.
    + models/particle_hp:
      o Fixes for problem on materials with hydrogen or helium.
      o Fixed problems in deletion of cross-section data set in MT mode
        and initialisation of cached data.
      o Fixed Coverity defects.
    + models/qmd:
      o Fixed bug in handling forbidden decay in G4QMDCollision.
    + models/radioactive_decay:
      o G4BetaMinusDecay, G4RadioactiveDecay: added protection for case
        when end point energy is 0 in beta- decay.
        Addressing problem report #1766.
    + models/util:
      o G4KineticTrack: replaced G4cerr with a 'JustWarning' G4Exception.
    + util:
      o G4Nucleus: increased the max number of loops allowed in the method
        GetBiasedThermalNucleus().

  o Run:
    ---
    + G4PhysicsListHelper: added entry for G4ParallelWorldProcess.
    + G4RunManager, G4WorkerRunManager: fixed process order index of
      G4ParallelWorldProcess to 9900 to make sure it is registered
      prior to G4OpBoundaryProcess.

  o Tracking:
    --------
    + G4SteppingManager: fix to properly set 'OriginTouchableHandle' for the
      primary track. Addressing problem report #1773.

  o Data sets:
    ---------
    + Patched data set for nuclides properties G4ENSDFSTATE-1.2.1:
      o Added missing data for RA228, SI24, SI25 and 193RN.
    + Patched data set for radioactive-decay, G4RadioactiveDecay-4.3.1:
      o Replace NaN values for intensity by 1 in z71.a157(Lu157),
        z55.a136(Cs136) and z59.a129(Pr129).

  o Examples:
    --------
    + Updated reference outputs.
    + basic:
      o Added G4ENSDFSTATEDATA in the lists of mandatory data sets; updated
        README files. Addressing problem report #1810.
      o B4: restored the third parameter in G4UIsession construction, which
        was lost when moving G4UIExecutive at the beginning of main().
        Addressing problem report #1802.
    + extended/biasing/B03:
      o B03PhysicsList: corrected process order index of G4ParallelWorldProcess
        to 9900 to make sure it is registered prior to G4OpBoundaryProcess.
    + extended/electromagnetic:
      o Fixed macros to allow to work both  with Root-5 and 6.
    + extended/radioactivedecay/rdecay01:
      o PhysicsList: SetLevelTolerance to 1*eV, there appears to already be a
        level Ni60[1332.510] stored somewhere instead of Ni60[1332.514].
        Setting the tolerance to 1 eV gets the right level.
      o Improved printout in Run::EndOfRun().
      o Updated references in it1.mac and it2.mac.

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                             Technical Notes
                             --------------- 

  o  This patch should be applied on top of release 10.2.
  o  Technical notes distributed for release 10.2 are also applicable and
     valid for this patch.

The code and rebuilt binary libraries for release 10.2.p01 are available
through our "Download" Web page.

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