Re: step size

From: Giuseppe Battistoni (Giuseppe.Battistoni@mi.infn.it)
Date: Mon Dec 04 2006 - 17:56:41 CET

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    If you use REAL*4 variables you are probably missing precision
    with that geometry.
    Please, as recommended within the all FLUKA code: always use
    REAL*8 variables, in particular for position and angles.
    Can you try this?

            Giuseppe B.

    On Mon, 4 Dec 2006, Olaf Hartmann wrote:

    > Hello.
    >
    > Giuseppe Battistoni wrote:
    > > Quite strange: the size that you are describing is not critical for FLUKA.
    > > Have you used double precision everywhere in your routine?
    >
    > All variables are initialized as REAL*4.
    >
    > > What is the size of your beam spot?
    >
    > It's a pencillike beam.
    >
    > > Are you usinb a magnetic field?
    >
    > No magnetic field.
    >
    > > Did you already check for trivial errors in your alignment?
    > >
    > Well, with the USRBIN card I see pions, nucleons etc. also when applying
    > the "thin" target. Just the JTRACK variable in that case is always =2.
    > With the "big" target instead (as in the attached input), it ranges from
    > -5 to 25.
    >
    > Ciao,
    > Olaf.
    >


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