\textsc{MaGe} - a {\sc Geant4}-based Monte Carlo Application Framework for Low-background Germanium Experiments

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We describe a physics simulation software framework, MAGE, that is based on the GEANT4 simulation toolkit.

• MAGE is used to simulate the response of ultra-low radioactive background radiation detectors to ionizing radiation, specifically the MAJORANA and GERDA neutrinoless double-beta decay experiments.
• MAJORANA and GERDA use high-purity germanium detectors to search for the neutrinoless double-beta decay of 76Ge, and MAGE is jointly developed between these two collaborations.
• The MAGE framework contains the geometry models of common objects, prototypes, test stands, and the actual experiments.