RE: problem with running FLUKA

Dear Sudeshna

> *** Unable to resolve name element R064 in card ***
> EMFCUT -0.0003 0.0001 0.0 R064a
> *...+....1....+....2....+....3....+....4....+....5....+....6....+....7....+....8

FLUKA reads R064 instead of R064a, since there is a format mistake in the
line above (the region name crosses the boundary between WHAT(4) and
WHAT(5)), most likely due to your manual adjustment of the input file.

> WARNING: Invalid what(s)= [1, 3]
> EMFCUT 1E-8 5E-7 254. RBCM1F RBCM1F

Moreover, remember that ---> WHAT(3) must be set to 0.0 or blank (leading
particle biasing must not be requested through EMFCUT) and
---> WHAT(1)=1E-8 makes no sense in two respects: i. since it is positive,
it is interpreted as total energy and therefore should not be lower than
512keV (511keV electron/positron mass energy + 1keV minimum
electron/positron kinetic energy threshold); ii. if negative (as I would
recommend, and can be now conveniently achieved by Flair), it is
interpreted as kinetic energy and the lowest value, as recalled above, is
1keV (-1.E-6)

Cheers

Francesco

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Francesco Cerutti
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On Sun, 5 Aug 2012, Sudeshna Banerjee wrote:

> Hi Francesco,
>
> Sorry for disturbing you again. I have sent a request to register in the fluka-discuss group two days ago, but still have
> not heard anything. I tried what you suggested for the EMF cards. Here are the results.
>
> Still not able to read the EMF cards
>
> Original problem:
> CMSpp001.out file has these lines at the end -
> ***** Next control card ***** MAT-PROP 0.000 0.000 366.0
> 79.00 0.000 0.000
> ***** Next control card ***** STERNHEI 5.987 0.4585 3.678 7
> .1650E-02 3.443 0.1400 79
> ***** Next control card ***** EMFCUT -3.0000E-05 3.0000E-06 0.000
> 1.000 633.0 0.000
> ***** Next control card ***** EMFCUT -1.0000E-04 3.0000E-05 -1.000
> 2.000 0.000 0.000
>
> Setting EMF leading particle biasing with What(3) of EMFCUT is deprecated!
> If you really want EMF leading particle biasing use the EMF-BIAS card instead
>
> The file nohup.out has the lines
>
> $TARGET_MACHINE = Linux
> $FLUPRO = /tmp/sudeshna/fluka
> $PEMF = /tmp/sudeshna/fluka/libec_thihecufealw_10t.pemf
>
> This shows that the PEMF variable is set correctly, then why does it complain about the EMFCUT. Seems like it is not able to read
> the file correctly due to a format problem ?
> -----------------
> Now:
> I then changed all the -1.0 to 0.0 for the EMF cards in my CMS.inp file, but then the program complains about the EMF cards ending
> with 1.0. I changed all the 1.0 to 0.0, but now the error message is
>
> WARNING: Invalid what(s)= [1, 3]
> EMFCUT 1E-8 5E-7 254. RBCM1F RBCM1F
> WARNING: Invalid what(s)= [1, 3]
> EMFCUT 1E-8 5E-7 254. RBCM1L RBCM1L
> WARNING: Invalid what(s)= [1, 3]
> EMFCUT 1E-8 5E-7 254. RBCM2i RBCM2i
> WARNING: Invalid what(s)= [1, 3]
> EMFCUT 1E-8 5E-7 254. RBCM2o RBCM2o
>
> CMSpp001.out has the lines
>
> ***** Next control card ***** EMFCUT -3.0000E-04 1.0000E-04 0.000 90.00 0.000 0.000
> ***** Next control card ***** EMFCUT -3.0000E-04 1.0000E-04 0.000 93.00 94.00 0.000
> ***** Next control card ***** EMFCUT -3.0000E-04 1.0000E-04 0.000 95.00 96.00 0.000
>
> *** Unable to resolve name element R064 in card ***
> EMFCUT -0.0003 0.0001 0.0 R064a
> *** run stopped ***
>
> But R064a is defined in CMS.inp
> So, why are the EMF cards still not read properly ?.
>
> Thanks for all your help.
>
> Sudeshna
>
> ________________________________________
> From: Francesco Cerutti
> Sent: 02 August 2012 00:18
> To: Sudeshna Banerjee
> Cc: FLUKA discussion
> Subject: RE: problem with running FLUKA
>
>> Thank you very much for your prompt reply. I have registered at the
>> FLUKA website and get mails regarding new releases and the FLUKA
>> schools, but may be I have to register to the fluka-discuss group
>> separately ?
>
> yes, you have to
>
>> I understand the error now. So, what is the solution ? Should I disable
>> those EMF cards which have -1 in the third column or just replace -1 by
>> 0 ? I tried disabling all EMF cards, but that ends up in other errors.
>
> Setting explicitly the EM thresholds by EMFCUT is recommended, of course
> this has to be done adopting physics-driven values. So, if your
> EMFCUT cards have been intentionally introduced according to physics
> considerations, there is no reason to remove them, and you just have to
> change WHAT(3)=-1.0 into 0.0, either manually or even by Flair. Otherwise,
> FLUKA has default values which are printed in the output file, and one
> can adopt them if they suit his/her case. Anyway the absence of EMFCUT
> cards cannot be itself a cause for running errors
>
> Ciao
>
> Francesco
>
>
>
Received on Mon Aug 13 2012 - 12:59:38 CEST