GEANT4 as a simulation framework in μSR

GEANT4 is a Monte Carlo radiation transport toolkit which includes a complete range of functionalities required to build flexible simulation frameworks. Taking advantage of its open architecture and object-oriented design, we could develop a software suite, able to simulate μSR experiments and instrumentation. The versatility offered by this new tool has permitted us to model the existing instruments, thus allowing a fuller understanding of their operation. It has guided also the design and construction of new types of spectrometers, as those equipped for high-field μSR, where numerical simulations proved decisive in understanding the complex behaviour of the incoming muon beam and of the outgoing positrons in a high magnetic field environment. The developed μSR simulation framework, with its fully flexible and customizable design, will allow potential users not familiar with programming to focus exclusively on physics, by building and running their own applications without the need to modify the source code.