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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Med Phys. 2020 Dec 12;48(1):19–56. doi: 10.1002/mp.14226

TABLE IX.

Table summarising the main features of the Geant4 pre-built physics lists under investigation. In the case of HP on, the hadronic inelastic scattering of neutrons is described by means of the HP data libraries below 20 MeV (Allison et al 2016 [3]).

Physics List QGSP_BIC_HP QGSP_BIC_EMY QGSP_BERT_HP
EM constructor Opt4 Opt3 Opt0
Hadron elastic scattering HadronElasticPhysics
Hadron inelastic scattering BIC < 9.9 GeV BERT < 9.9 GeV
Ion elastic scattering Active Not active
Ion inelastic scattering G4BinaryLightIonReaction for E < 4 GeV
HP data libraries on off on
Radioactive decay on on off