A Monte Carlo framework, MaGe, has been developed based on the Geant4 simulation toolkit. Its purpose is to simulate physics processes in low-energy and low-background radiation detectors, specifically for the Majorana and Gerda 76Ge neutrinoless double-beta decay experiments. This jointly-developed tool is also used to verify the simulation of physics processes relevant to other low-background experiments in Geant4. The MaGe framework contains simulations of prototype experiments and test stands, and is easily extended to incorporate new geometries and configurations while still using the same verified physics processes, tunings, and code framework. This reduces duplication of efforts and improves the robustness of and confidence in the simulation output.
@article{arxiv.0802.0860,
title = {MaGe - a Geant4-based Monte Carlo framework for low-background experiments},
author = {Yuen-Dat Chan and Jason A. Detwiler and Reyco Henning and Victor M. Gehman and Rob A. Johnson and David V. Jordan and Kareem Kazkaz and Markus Knapp and Kevin Kroninger and Daniel Lenz and Jing Liu and Xiang Liu and Michael G. Marino and Akbar Mokhtarani and Luciano Pandola and Alexis G. Schubert and Claudia Tomei},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0802.0860},
year = {2008}
}