RE: [fluka-discuss]: Fwd: Gamma-ray experiment

From: Beatrice Pomaro <beatrice.pomaro_at_dicea.unipd.it>
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2016 16:33:56 +0200

 

Thank you very much,
Best regards,
Beatrice
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Ing. Beatrice Pomaro
Universita' degli Studi di Padova
Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Edile e Ambientale
Via F. Marzolo, 9 - 35131 Padova (Italy)
tel.: +39 049 8275592
e-mail: beatrice.pomaro_at_dicea.unipd.it 
Il 09-10-2016 23:07 Francesco Cerutti ha scritto: 
> actually the average gamma energy is 1.25 MeV, giving 7.36E10 photons/(s kg)
> 
> On Sun, 9 Oct 2016, Francesco Cerutti wrote:
> 
> Dear Beatrice,
> 
> fine with the first point. Then, when one divides by 1.2 MeV transformed into J [assuming the all energy is absorbed in the sample], the result is 7.668E10 photons/(s kg), to be multiplied by the sample mass [assuming an uniform irradiation].
> I understand that you already multiplied by the concrete density and are left with the volume normalization, that's correct.
> 
> Kind regards
> 
> Francesco
> 
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> Francesco Cerutti
> CERN-EN/STI
> CH-1211 Geneva 23
> Switzerland
> tel. ++41 22 7678962
> fax ++41 22 7668854
> 
> On Sun, 9 Oct 2016, Beatrice Pomaro wrote:
> 
> Dear Dr. Cerutti,
> 
> thank you very much for your explanation. I agree with you in the
> definition of the
> energy deposition in a volume. Also I am using PHOTONs as primary
> particle, yes.
> If I want to compute the photon rate, the 60Co source working at
> 53Gy/h=0.01472
> Gy/s and 1.2MeV, shall I transform 0.01472 Gy/s into 0.01472 W/kg where
> this
> quantity is per kg of the concrete sample placed around the source (to be
> tested),
> is it correct?
> Then I need to divide it for the electronic charge (1.6*10-19 C) and the
> energy of
> the gamma rays (1.2*10+6 eV) so to obtain: 1.92*10+8 photons/(cm3 s) where
> cm3 is
> the volume of the concrete sample?
> Is it correct?
> Thank you in advance,
> Best regards,
> Beatrice
> 
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> **************************************************
> Ing. Beatrice Pomaro
> 
> Universita' degli Studi di Padova
> Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Edile e Ambientale
> Via F. Marzolo, 9 - 35131 Padova (Italy)
> tel.: +39 049 8275592
> e-mail: beatrice.pomaro_at_dicea.unipd.it
> 
> Il 07-10-2016 19:17 Francesco Cerutti ha scritto:
> 
> Dear Beatrice,
> 
> I miss the expected meaning of GeV/(cm2 s). Energy is deposited in a
> volume and with a cartesian or cylindrical USRBIN [*not* with a
> USRBIN
> per region] you get GeV/(cm3 primary) as you wrote. Multiplying by
> the
> photon rate (I assume you decided to use PHOTONs as primary
> particles
> instead of directly simulating the 60Co decay through ISOTOPE), you
> will get power deposition density (that can be expressed in W/cm3)
> and
> I would be pretty happy with that, with no need for a further
> manipulation by an ill-defined quantity.
> Do not hesitate to come back with your thoughts if in fact you turn
> out
> not to be happy.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Francesco
> 
> **************************************************
> Francesco Cerutti
> CERN-EN/STI
> CH-1211 Geneva 23
> Switzerland
> tel. ++41 22 7678962
> fax ++41 22 7668854
> 
> On Thu, 6 Oct 2016, Beatrice Pomaro wrote:
> 
> Dear Anton,
> thank you very much for your advice, may I ask you also about the output
> results of a USRBIN score? We read in fact from the manual: "The results
> from USRBIN are normalised per unit volume and per unit primary weight,"
> does it mean that for energy deposition in order to get GeV/(cm2 s) out of
> GeV/(cm3 primary) one needs to multiply Fluka result by the particle flux
> (particle/s) and the length in direction orthogonal to the flux of the
> region of interest for the scoring?
> Thank you in advance for your explanation,
> Best regards,
> Beatrice
> 
> Il 27-09-2016 15:49 Anton Lechner ha scritto:
> 
> Dear Beatrice,
> 
> Running your input file, one gets following error message:
> 
> *** Too many terms in parenthesis expansion ***
> *** Execution terminated ***
> 
> I think the message is quite self-explaining. The issue lies in
> the definition of the second zone of the rAir region. As a good
> practice, I would try not to use too many parenthesis (you can
> equally define the geometry without using any parenthesis at
> all). Also note that if you have too many bodies in a zone
> definition this can also slow down the simulation. It is better
> to have more zones with fewer bodies than to have one zone with
> many bodies.
> 
> Besides, on the EMFCUT card you set the production cuts for
> e-/e+ and photons to 0. Note that physics models are no longer
> applicable at very low energies and one should respect the
> minimum values recommended in the manual. I quote:
> "The minimum threshold energy for transport and production of
> photons is 100 eV. For electrons and positrons, it is 1 keV."
> 
> Cheers, Anton
> 
> ____________________________________________________________________________
> From: owner-fluka-discuss_at_mi.infn.it
> [owner-fluka-discuss_at_mi.infn.it] on behalf of Beatrice Pomaro
> [beatrice.pomaro_at_dicea.unipd.it]
> Sent: 27 September 2016 15:00
> To: fluka-discuss
> Subject: [fluka-discuss]: Fwd: Gamma-ray experiment
> 
> Dear Fluka experts,
> I am trying to reproduce an irradiation experiment due to gamma-rays
> from a Cobalt60 source.
> I am using Flair. I can not run the input file because the 001.out
> file stops before reading regions, while the file .out gives a
> generic error message (that I am reporting here below):
> 
> Dir: /home/flupix/Desktop/Prova
> Cmd: /usr/bin/nohup /usr/local/fluka/flutil/rfluka -e
> /home/flupix/Desktop/Prova/Prova.flair -M 2 Prova
> $TARGET_MACHINE = Linux
> $FLUPRO = /usr/local/fluka
> 
> Initial seed copied from /usr/local/fluka
> Running fluka in /home/flupix/Desktop/Prova/fluka_2030
> 
> ======================= Running FLUKA for cycle # 1
> =======================
> /usr/local/fluka/flutil/rfluka: line 359: 2058
> Aborted (core dumped) "${EXE}" < "$INPN" 2> "$LOGF" >
> "$LOGF"
> 
> No .err files are produced yet, since the analysis stops before.
> I am attaching here my input file. Would you tell me what I am doing
> wrong, please?
> Thank you in advance,
> Best regards,
> Beatrice Pomaro
> 
> --
> **************************************************
> Ing. Beatrice Pomaro
> 
> Universita' degli Studi di Padova
> Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Edile e Ambientale
> Via F. Marzolo, 9 - 35131 Padova (Italy)
> tel.: +39 049 8275592
> e-mail: beatrice.pomaro_at_dicea.unipd.it
> --
> **************************************************
> Ing. Beatrice Pomaro
> 
> Universita' degli Studi di Padova
> Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Edile e Ambientale
> Via F. Marzolo, 9 - 35131 Padova (Italy)
> tel.: +39 049 8275592
> e-mail: beatrice.pomaro_at_dicea.unipd.it
> 
> --
> **************************************************
> Ing. Beatrice Pomaro
> 
> Universita' degli Studi di Padova
> Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Edile e Ambientale
> Via F. Marzolo, 9 - 35131 Padova (Italy)
> tel.: +39 049 8275592
> e-mail: beatrice.pomaro_at_dicea.unipd.it
 
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