Re: [fluka-discuss]: raddecay option

From: Francesco Cerutti <Francesco.Cerutti_at_cern.ch>
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2015 12:57:56 +0100

> so, if i turn on photonuclear reactions, residues produced by this mean will
> be considered by RADDECAY result in addition to residues issued from
> radiative capture ?

yes, but as mentioned pay attention to getting for them a meaningful
statistics

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On Mon, 26 Oct 2015, François Begin wrote:

> Thank you for theses explanations
>
> so, if i turn on photonuclear reactions, residues produced by this mean will
> be considered by RADDECAY result in addition to residues issued from
> radiative capture ?
>
> Le 22/10/2015 18:09, Francesco Cerutti a écrit :
>>
>> Dear François,
>>
>> RADDECAY considers all radionuclides produced in the simulation prompt
>> stage. Since usual defaults (PRECISIO, NEW-DEFA, HADROTHE, CALORIME) imply
>> neutron transport down to thermal energy, radiative capture residues are
>> normally included. On the other hand, photonuclear reactions are not
>> simulated unless explicitly requested through the PHOTONUC card, and may
>> require interaction length biasing (LAM-BIAS) in order to get a suitable
>> statistics for the respective residues.
>>
>> Best regards
>>
>> Francesco Cerutti
>>
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>> CERN-EN/STI
>> CH-1211 Geneva 23
>> Switzerland
>> tel. ++41 22 7678962
>> fax ++41 22 7668854
>>
>> On Wed, 21 Oct 2015, François Begin wrote:
>>
>>> hi
>>>
>>>
>>> does anyone knows if the option RADDECAY give the amount of elements
>>> producted by neutron activation (radiative capture) only or the amount of
>>> all process products (photonuclear reaction) ?
>>>
>>> regards
>>>
>>> François Begin
>>>
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