Re: [fluka-discuss]: Neutral kaon decay - K_short or K_Long?

From: paola sala <paola.sala_at_cern.ch>
Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2018 16:52:41 +0100

Dear Maarten
the information is in the LKSHRT logical variable (if TRUE it is a
kaon-short), in common (SGTBCM)
Be careful: the choice is based on the amplitudes squared, without
interference.
Hope this helps
Paola
On 01/30/2018 05:42 PM, Maarten Van Dijk wrote:
>
> Dear FLUKA experts,
>
> I am currently working on a problem involving neutral kaons produced
> from a beryllium target. I have found that through the USERDUMP card
> and employing the mgdraw user routine, I have access to the AKSHRT and
> AKLONG variables (in the TRACKR common block), which are the K_short
> and K_long amplitudes of the transported K0 / K0bar.
>
> I understand that by using the USDRAW part of the mgdraw user routine,
> I can propagate information about the parent particle by storing it
> when a given particle decays, as discussed here:
> http://www.fluka.org/web_archive/earchive/prova/0802.html
>
> The question I have is the following – is the information of whether a
> particle decayed as a K_long or a K_short available from some
> user-accessible variable? Because even if I propagate the information
> of the mother particle at decay, this would only give me the relative
> K_short / K_long amplitudes, and not the decision that FLUKA has taken
> for the decay?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Maarten van Dijk
>



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