Re: USRYIELD card normalization

hi all,

as Francesco pointed that the multiplication factor overlapped two plots
very well. thank you.

as a second point about LET calculation with usreou.f routine by using

[MeV/cm/(g/cm3)]
LET =3D deposited_energy / particle_travel_length / material_density

is not the way FLUKA calculates, if i dont misunderstand, isnt it?

ciao
e.

On Mon, 2008-11-03 at 16:37 +0100, Francesco Cerutti wrote:
> Dear Ercan,
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> according to your (meaningful) choice for WHAT(6) of the continuation=20
> card, USRYIELD is giving d2N/dx1dx2, as yourself wrote in the card=20
> comment. x1 is LET, expressed in keV/(micrometer g/cm3), as in your=20
> plot label. x2 is ion energy (GeV in one case and GeV/n in the other).
> So your y label is wrong: we are not dealing with fluence, but just with =
a=20
> LET spectrum given in counts/[GeV keV/(micrometer g/cm3)] per primary in=
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> the first case and in counts/[GeV/n keV/(micrometer g/cm3)] per primary i=
n=20
> the second one. Since your kinetic energy intervals are 0.8 GeV and 0.02=
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> GeV/n wide, respectively (both choices are correct), your two curves=20
> are supposed to differ by a factor of 40. Let us multiply them by 0.8 GeV=
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> and 0.02 GeV/n, respectively, and give the two (identical) LET spectra in=
=20
> counts/[keV/(micrometer g/cm3)] per primary.
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> With respect to your usreou.f implementation, note that LET values are=20
> indeed gotten, for particles crossing a given boundary, as unrestricted=
=20
> stopping power in any material you wish (specified again in WHAT(6) of th=
e=20
> USRYIELD continuation card - as you did - provided that it is assigned to=
=20
> some region). In principle this is not the energy lost up to that boundar=
y=20
> divided by the travelled path (the stopping power depends on energy).
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> Cheers
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> Francesco
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( (T) ) Uludag University, Turkey
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