Standalone simulation app (celer-sim)¶

The celer-sim application is the primary means of running EM test problems for independent validation and performance analysis. See Celeritas for standalone profiling for an example.

Usage:

usage: celer-sim {input}.json
       celer-sim [--help|-h]
       celer-sim --version
       celer-sim --config
       celer-sim --device
       celer-sim --dump-default

input.json is the path to the input file, or - to read the JSON from stdin.
The --config option prints the contents of the ["system"]["build"] diagnostic output. It includes configuration options and the version number.
The --device option prints diagnostic output for the default GPU, similar to the output from the deviceQuery CUDA example.
The --dump-default option prints the default options for the execution. Not all variables will be shown, because some are conditional on others.

Input¶

In addition to these input parameters, Environment variables can be specified to change the program behavior.

Output¶

The primary output from celer-sim is a JSON object that includes several levels of diagnostic and result data (see I/O). The JSON output should be the only data sent to stdout, so it should be suitable for piping directly into other executables such as Python or jq.

Additional user-oriented output is sent to stderr via the Logger facility (see Logging).

Integrated Geant4 application (celer-g4)¶

The celer-g4 app is a Geant4 application that offloads EM tracks to Celeritas. It takes as input a GDML file with the detector description and sensitive detectors marked via an auxiliary annotation. The input particles must be specified with a HepMC3-compatible file or with a JSON-specified “particle gun.” See Celeritas+Geant4 for verification for an example.

Usage:

celer-g4 {input}.json
         {commands}.mac
         --interactive
         --dump-default

Input¶

Physics is set up using the top-level physics_option key in the JSON input, corresponding to Geant4 physics options. The magnetic field is specified with a combination of the field_type, field, and field_file keys, and detailed field driver configuration options are set with field_options corresponding to the FieldOptions class in Field data input and options.

Note

The macro file usage is in the process of being replaced by JSON input for improved automation.

The input is a Geant4 macro file for executing the program. Celeritas defines several macros in the /celer and (if CUDA is available) /celer/cuda/ directories: see High-level interface for a listing.

The celer-g4 app defines several additional configuration commands under /celerg4:

Geant4 UI commands defined by `celer-g4`.¶
Command	Description
geometryFile	Filename of the GDML detector geometry
eventFile	Filename of the event input read by HepMC3
rootBufferSize	Buffer size of output root file [bytes]
writeSDHits	Write a ROOT output file with hits from the SDs
stepDiagnostic	Collect the distribution of steps per Geant4 track
stepDiagnosticBins	Number of bins for the Geant4 step diagnostic
fieldType	Select the field type [rzmap\|uniform]
fieldFile	Filename of the rz-map loaded by RZMapFieldInput
magFieldZ	Set Z-axis magnetic field strength (T)

In addition to these input parameters, Environment variables can be specified to change the program behavior.

Output¶

The ROOT “MC truth” output file, if enabled with the command above, contains hits from all the sensitive detectors.

Visualization application (celer-geo)¶

The celer-geo app is a server-like front end to the Celeritas geometry interfaces that can generate exact images of a user geometry model. See Celeritas geometry visualization for an example.

Usage:

celer-geo {input}.jsonl
          -

Input¶

The input and output are both formatted as JSON lines, a format where each line (i.e., text ending with \\n) is a valid JSON object. Each line of input executes a command in celer-geo which will print to stdout a single JSON line. Log messages are sent to stderr and can be controlled by the Environment variables variables.

The first input command must define the input model (and may define additional device settings):

{"geometry_file": "simple-cms.gdml"}

Subsequent lines will each specify the imaging window, the geometry, the binary image output filename, and the execution space (device or host for GPU or CPU, respectively).:

{"image": {"_units": "cgs", "lower_left": [-800, 0, -1500], "upper_right": [800, 0, 1600], "rightward": [1, 0, 0], "vertical_pixels": 128}, "volumes": true, "bin_file": "simple-cms-cpu.orange.bin"}

After the first image window is specified, it will be reused if the “image” key is omitted. A new geometry and/or execution space may be specified, useful for verifying different navigators behave identically:

{"bin_file": "simple-cms-cpu.geant4.bin", "geometry": "geant4"}

An interrupt signal (^C), end-of-file (^D), or empty command will all terminate the server.

Output¶

If an input command is invalid or empty, an “example” (i.e., default but incomplete input) will be output and the program may continue or be terminated.

A successful raytrace will print the actually-used image parameters, geometry, and execution space. If the “volumes” key was set to true, it will also determine and print all the volume names for the geometry.

When the server is directed to terminate, it will print diagnostic information about the code, including timers about the geometry loading and tracing.

Additional utilities¶

The Celeritas installation includes additional utilities for inspecting input and output.

celer-export-geant¶

This utility exports the physics and geometry data used to run Celeritas. It can be used in one of two modes:

Export serialized data as a ROOT file to be used on a subsequent run of Celeritas. Since it isolates Celeritas from any existing Geant4 installation it can also be a means of debugging whether a behavior change is due to a code change in Celeritas or (for example) a change in cross sections from Geant4.
Export serialized data as a JSON file for data exploration. This is a means to verify or plot the cross sections, volumes, etc. used by Celeritas.

Usage:

celer-export-geant {input}.gdml [{options}.json, -, ''] {output}.[root, json]
celer-export-geant --dump-default

input: Detector definition file
options: An optional argument for specifying a JSON file with Geant4 setup options corresponding to the Geant4 physics options struct.
output: A ROOT/JSON output file with the exported Imported data.

The --dump-default usage renders the default options.

celer-dump-data¶

This utility prints an RST-formatted high-level dump of physics data exported via celer-export-geant.

Usage:

celer-dump-data {output}.root

output: A ROOT file containing exported Imported data.

orange-update¶

Read an ORANGE JSON input file and write it out again. This is used for updating from an older version of the input (i.e. with different parameter names or fewer options) to a newer version.

Usage:

orange-update {input}.org.json {output}.org.json

Either of the filenames can be replaced by - to read from stdin or write to stdout.