Re: Manual typo - Gaussian/Rectangular spread

From: Paola Sala <paola.sala@mi.infn.it>
Date: Thu Jul 03 2008 - 10:32:17 CEST

Dear Dan
the manual is correct, the error is in the printout!
Thank you very much for spotting out this mistake..and for reading the
output file!
Paola

> Dear Fluka team
>
> I have spotted a 'typo' in the manual! For BEAM card it (roughly) states:
>
> WHAT(2) > 0.0 : beam spread in GeV/c, rectangular distribution
> < 0.0 : FWHM for Gaussian momentum spread
>
> However, the output file indicates the inverse is true - i.e. a supplied
> negative value results in a rectangular spread, and vice versa. From my
> resultant proton depth dose curves, I'm pretty sure that the output file
> is telling the truth and the mistake is in the manual, but obviously it
> would be nice to know for sure :-)
>
> Best wishes,
> Dan
>
>
> Dan Kirby
> Medical Physics Group
> School of Physics and Astronomy
> University of Birmingham
> Edgbaston Park Road
> Birmingham B15 2TT
> UK
> +44 (0) 121 4144714
>
>

Paola Sala
INFN Milano
tel. Milano +39-0250317374
tel. CERN +41-227679148
Received on Thu Jul 3 10:59:55 2008

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