geant4

Download        : docker pull ghcr.io/autamus/geant4
Compressed Size : 1172MB

Description

Geant4 is a toolkit for the simulation of the passage of particles through matter. Its areas of application include high energy, nuclear and accelerator physics, as well as studies in medical and space science.

Usage

Pull (Download)

To download the latest version of geant4 run,

docker pull ghcr.io/autamus/geant4:latest

or to download a specific version of geant4 run,

docker pull ghcr.io/autamus/geant4:10.7.1

Run

To run the container as an application run,

docker run --rm ghcr.io/autamus/geant4 geant4 --version

or to run the container in an interactive session run,

docker run -it --rm ghcr.io/autamus/geant4 bash

Mounting volumes between the container and your machine

To access files from your machine within the geant4 container you’ll have to mount them using the -v external/path:internal/path option.

For example,

docker run -v ~/Documents/Data:/Data ghcr.io/autamus/geant4 geant4 /Data/myData.csv

which will mount the ~/Documents/Data directory on your computer to the /Data directory within the container.

HPC

If you’re looking to use this container in an HPC environment we recommend using Singularity-HPC to use the container just as any other module on the cluster. Check out the SHPC geant4 container here.