Gamos: An Easy And Flexible Way To Use Geant4

The wide range of physics models available in GEANT4, as well as its outstanding geometry and visualization tools, has made it gain widespread use in several fields of physics, like high energy, medical, space, etc. Nevertheless the use of GEANT4 often requires a long learning-curve, which implies a good knowledge of C++ and the GEANT4 code itself. GAMOS facilitates the use of GEANT4 by avoiding the need to use C++, providing instead a set of user commands. One of the novelties of GAMOS with respect to similar simulation codes lies in its flexibility, which makes it appropriate for simulation in many physics fields. This flexibility is sustained by the wide range of geometrical configurations, primary generators and physics lists supported and by the comprehensive set of tools that help the user in extracting detailed information from the simulation through user commands. The use of the plug-in technology contributes to this flexibility, as it facilitates the extension of the framework to include extra functionality not foreseen by the framework authors. GAMOS counts already with several hundreds registered users in the five continents; while it is more frequently used in the medical physics field, its use has also been extended to other fields, like high energy physics, space physics, neutron shielding, etc.