Re: DOSE-EQ

Hi Joel,

I call your attention to this warning which appears in the
RELEASE-NOTES which are distributed with the current version:
       !!! Please note that no conversion coefficient set is available !!!
       !!! for heavy ions, so there will be no heavy ion contribution !!!
       !!! to the dose equivalent !!!
Your input particles are heavy ions, and that is the reason why the
calculated dose equivalent is not what you expect.

Alberto

On Tue, 23 Jun 2009, Joel DeWitt wrote:

> fluka-discuss:
>
> I would like to score dose equivalent from all particles in a
> shielding situation. The trouble is that the DOSE-EQ results do not
> make sense in the context of H=QxD. I have confirmed that the
> dose-depth profiles from experiment and FLUKA agree, but dose
> equivalent does not. I know that the FLUKA units of dose equiv. are
> pSv/primary, so I'm wondering what I'm doing wrong since I'm obviously
> scoring plain dose correctly. The attached picture is a plot of total
> dose and dose equiv. from FLUKA using USRBIN.
>
> Any feedback will be most appreciated.
>
> Joel DeWitt
> Oklahoma State University
> USA
>

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