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FLUKA 2023.3.4 has been released.


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PHYSICS

allows to override the standard FLUKA defaults for physics processes.

See also EMFCUT, IONTRANS, POLARIZAti, THRESHOLd

This command concerns the following physics processes:

    1) SDUM = CHARMDECay: flag for charmed hadron and tau transport
    2) SDUM = COALESCEnce: flag to activate the coalescence mechanism
    3) SDUM = DECAYS: decays of pions+/-, muons+/-, Kaon+/- (e-nue, mu-numu,
       K+/-mu3 and K+/-e3 channels) and Klong (K0mu3 and K0e3 channels)
    4) SDUM = DEDX-SETtings: settings for stopping power
    5) SDUM = DPMTHREShold: lower energy threshold(s) for DPMJET
    6) SDUM = EM-DISSOciation: ion electromagnetic-dissociation
    7) SDUM = EVAPORAT: evaporation
    8) SDUM = IONBRPAIr: activates or deactivates heavy ion direct pair
       production and nuclear form factors in delta ray production
    9) SDUM = IONSPLITting: activates the superposition model, \ie\ ion
       splitting into nucleons
   10) SDUM = LIMITS: sets the maximum (pp) CMS momentum (used for
       initialization of high energy models, typically DPMJET)
   11) SDUM = NEUTRINO: selects which neutrino interactions are activated
   12) SDUM = PEATHREShold: set the upper thresholds for the PEANUT model
   13) SDUM = QMDTHREShold: lower energy thresholds for RQMD, MYRQMD, BME
       and complete fusion

For SDUM = CHARMDECay:

     WHAT(1)  : flag for charmed hadron and tau decays
              =< -1.0 : resets to default
              =   0.0 : ignored
              =   1.0 : charmed hadrons and tau leptons are transported
     WHAT(2)-WHAT(6)  : not used
               Default = decay at production, no transport

For SDUM = COALESCEnce:

     WHAT(1)  : coalescence flag
             <  0.0  : false (no coalescence)
             =  0.0  : ignored
             >  0.0  : true, coalescence is activated
               Default = no coalescence

     WHAT(2)-WHAT(3): reserved to developers' use

For SDUM = DECAYS:

     WHAT(1) : flag for particle decay
             =< -1.0: resets to default
             =   0.0: ignored
             =   1.0: maximum accuracy, polarisation accounted for in pi/K
                 --> mu(e)-numu(nue) decays and following mu decays
             =   2.0: maximum accuracy, polarisation not accounted for
             =   3.0: phase space like decays
     200 > WHAT(1) >= 100 : leptonic decays only are allowed (implemented only
                 for tau's). WHAT(1) - 100 has the same meaning as above
     300 > WHAT(1) >= 200 : hadronic decays only are allowed (implemented only
                 for tau's). WHAT(1) - 200 has the same meaning as above
               Default = 1.0 (maximum accuracy and polarisation for both
                              hadronic and leptonic decays)

     WHAT(2)-WHAT(3): not used

     WHAT(4) = lower bound of the particle numbers (or corresponding names) to
               which the decay flag chosen by WHAT(1) applies
               ("From particle WHAT(4)...").
               Default = 1.0

     WHAT(5) = upper bound of the particle numbers (or corresponding names) to
               which the decay flag chosen by WHAT(1) applies
               ("...to particle WHAT(5)...").
               Default = WHAT(4)

     WHAT(6) = step length in assigning numbers
               ("...in steps of WHAT(6)")
               Default = 1.0.

For SDUM = DEDX-SETtings:

     WHAT(1) = flag for nuclear stopping power
            >= 1: nuclear stopping power accounted for
             = 0: ignored
            < -1: nuclear stopping power not accounted for
               Default = 1.0 (nuclear stopping power accounted for)

     WHAT(2) = flag for using predefined compound material (e.g. water)
                  parameters when computing dE/dx
            >= 1: predefined compound material parameters used
             = 0: ignored
           =< -1: predefined compound material parameters not used
               Default = 1.0 (use predefined compound material parameters)

     WHAT(3) = flag for Barkas corrections
           >= 1: Barkas corrections accounted for
            = 0: ignored
          =< -1: Barkas corrections not accounted for
               Default = 1.0 (apply Barkas corrections)

     WHAT(4) = flag for accounting for Bloch corrections
           >= 1: Bloch  corrections accounted for
            = 0: ignored
          =< -1: Bloch corrections not accounted for
               Default = 1.0 (apply Bloch corrections)

     WHAT(5)-WHAT(6): not used

For SDUM = DPMTHREShold:

     WHAT(1) : minimum DPMJET kinetic energy for hadrons (GeV)
             =<  0.0 : ignored

     WHAT(2) : minimum DPMJET kinetic energy for ions (GeV/n)
             =<  0.0 : ignored

     WHAT(3) : minimum RQMD kinetic energy for ions (GeV/n)
             =<  0.0 : ignored

     WHAT(4) : smearing (+/- Delta E, GeV/n) for the RQMD-DPMJET switch energy
             <   0.0 : resets to default (0.0)
               Default = 0.0

     WHAT(5) : smearing (+/- Delta E, GeV/n) for the FLUKA-DPMJET switch energy
               for hA interactions
             <   0.0 : resets to default (0.0)
               Default = 0.0

     WHAT(6) : flag for restricting DPMJET h-A interactions to primary particles
               only
             =< -1.0 : resets to default (false)
             =<  0.0 : ignored
             >   0.0 : sets to true
               Default = -1.0 (no restriction to primary particles only)

     Default (no DPMTHREShold option): DPMJET is not called for h-A interactions,
             but it is called for A-A interactions down to 5 GeV/n. RQMD is
             called between 5 and 0.1 GeV/n.
     WARNING: to activate ion interactions refer to the IONTRANS card
     WARNING: the FLUKA executable must be built with the DPMJET and RQMD
              libraries to perform A-A interactions above 100 MeV/n (see ldpmqmd
              script in $FLUPRO/flutil)

For SDUM = EM-DISSOciation:

     WHAT(1) : flag for activating ion electromagnetic-dissociation
             =< -1.0 : resets to default (no em-dissociation)
             =   0.0 : ignored
             =   1.0 : no em-dissociation
             =   2.0 : projectile and target em-dissociation activated
             =   3.0 : projectile only em-dissociation activated
             =   4.0 : target only em-dissociation activated
               Default = 1.0 (no em-dissociation)

     WHAT(2)-WHAT(6): not used

For SDUM = EVAPORATion:

     WHAT(1) : flag for FLUKA evaporation model
             =< -1.0 : resets to default (new model, no heavy fragment
                       evaporation)
             =   0.0 : ignored
             =   1.0 : old evaporation model (OBSOLETE: kept for developers' use
                       only)
             =   2.0 : new evaporation model, no heavy fragment evaporation
             =   3.0 : new evaporation model, with heavy fragment evaporation
                       (CPU expensive, see Note below)
               Default = 2.0 (new evaporation model, no heavy fragment
                       evaporation)

     WHAT(2)-WHAT(6): not used

     For SDUM = IONBRPAIr:

     WHAT(1) = flag for (de)activating heavy ion direct pair production
           < 0: heavy ion direct pair production is deactivated
           = 0: ignored
           > 0: activated (it still requires heavy pair production activated via
                PAIRBREM for the required materials)
               Default = 1.0 (heavy ion direct pair production is activated in
                the materials defined by PAIRBREM)
     WHAT(2) = flag for (de)activating heavy ion bremsstrahlung  (not yet
               implemented)

     WHAT(3) = flag for (de)activating nuclear form factor effects in heavy ion
               delta ray production
           < 0: nuclear form factor effects are deactivated
           = 0: ignored
           > 0: nuclear form factor effects are activated (it still needs delta
                ray production activated via DELTARAY for the required
                materials)
               Default = 1.0 (nuclear form factor effects in heavy ion delta ray
                production are activated in the materials defined by DELTARAY)

     WHAT(4)-WHAT(6): not used

For SDUM = IONSPLITting:

     WHAT(1) : flag for activating ion splitting into nucleons
             <  0.0  : false, no ion splitting
             =  0.0  : ignored
             >  0.0  : true: ion splitting is activated
               Default = -1.0 (no ion splitting)

     WHAT(2) : minimum energy for ions (GeV/n) above which splitting into
               nucleons will be performed
             =< 0.0  : ignored
               Default = 0.1 GeV/n

     WHAT(3) : maximum energy for ions (GeV/n) below which splitting into
               nucleons will be performed (default: 5 GeV/n)
             =< 0.0  : ignored

     WHAT(4)-WHAT(6) : not used

For SDUM = LIMITS:

     WHAT(1) = set the maximum (pp) CMS momentum (used for initialization of
               high energy models, typically DPMJET)
             < 0: reset to default
             = 0: ignored
             > 0: maximum (pp) CMS momentum (GeV/c)
               Default: determined by the BEAM card

     WHAT(2)-WHAT(6): not used

For SDUM = NEUTRINO:

     WHAT(1) : flag for activating quasielastic (QE) neutrino interactions
             =  1.0  : QE neutral current (NC) activated
             =  2.0  : QE charged current (CC) activated
             =  3.0  : QE NC and CC activated
             <  0.0  : no QE interactions
             =  0.0  : ignored
                Default: 3.0 (QE NC and CC activated)

     WHAT(2) : flag for activating resonant (RES) neutrino interactions
             =  1.0  : RES neutral current (NC) activated
             =  2.0  : RES charged current (CC) activated
             =  3.0  : RES NC and CC activated
             <  0.0  : no RES interactions
             =  0.0  : ignored
                Default: 3.0 (RES NC and CC activated)

     WHAT(3) : flag for activating deep inelastic (DIS) neutrino interactions
             =  1.0  : DIS neutral current (NC) activated
             =  2.0  : DIS charged current (CC) activated
             =  3.0  : DIS NC and CC activated
             <  0.0  : no DIS interactions
             =  0.0  : ignored
                Default: 3.0 (DIS NC and CC activated)

     WHAT(4) : flag for activating charm production (CHA) in DIS neutrino
               interactions
             =  1.0  : CHA neutral current (NC) activated (not yet implemented)
             =  2.0  : CHA charged current (CC) activated
             =  3.0  : CHA NC and CC activated
             <  0.0  : no CHA interactions
             =  0.0  : ignored
                Default: 3.0 (CHA CC activated, but NC not yet implemented)

     WHAT(5)-WHAT(6): not used

For SDUM = PEATHREShold:

     WHAT(1) : maximum PEANUT kinetic energy for nucleons (GeV)
             =<  0.0 : ignored
     WHAT(2) : maximum PEANUT kinetic energy for pions    (GeV)
             =<  0.0 : ignored
     WHAT(3) : maximum PEANUT kinetic energy for kaons    (GeV)
             =<  0.0 : ignored
     WHAT(4) : maximum PEANUT kinetic energy for kaonbars (GeV)
             =<  0.0 : ignored
     WHAT(5) : maximum PEANUT kinetic energy for antinucleons (GeV)
             =<  0.0 : ignored
     WHAT(6) : maximum PEANUT kinetic energy for (anti)hyperons (GeV)
             =<  0.0 : ignored
     Default (no PEATHREShold option): PEANUT is called up to 5 GeV kinetic
             energy for all hadrons

For SDUM = QMDTHREShold:

     WHAT(1) = minimum my-QMD kinetic energy for ions (GeV/n)
             =< 0: ignored

     WHAT(2) = minimum BME kinetic energy for ions (GeV/n)
             =< 0: ignored

     WHAT(3) = smearing (+/- DeltaE, GeV/n) for the my-QMD-RQMD switch energy
             < 0: resets to default
               Default = 0.0

     WHAT(4) = smearing (+/- DeltaE, GeV/n) for the BME-my-QMD switch energy
             < 0: resets to default
               Default = 0.0

     WHAT(5) = maximum kinetic energy for ion complete fusion (GeV/n)

     WHAT(6) = smearing (+/- DeltaE, GeV/n) for the BME-RQMD switch energy

             < 0: set to 0.0
               Default = 0.025 GeV/n

For SDUM = RQMDFLAG:

     WHAT(1) = fast cascade/QMD flag
             = 1: fast cascade
             = 0: ignored
             = -1: QMD mode

     WHAT(2) = preequilibrium step flag
             = 1: preequilibrium step activated
             = 0: ignored
             = -1: no preequilibrium step

     WHAT(3)-WHAT(6) = not used

     Default (option PHYSICS not given): standard FLUKA treatment of
             physics processes

Note:

         In order to achieve accurate  results for residual nuclei production
         the evaporation of heavy fragments MUST be activated. This, however,
         is not the default since it brings a heavy CPU burden, and is not
         needed for most applications.

Examples:

 * Only hadronic decays are allowed for tau+ and tau- (id-number 41 and 42)
 *...+....1....+....2....+....3....+....4....+....5....+....6....+....7....+....8
 PHYSICS        201.0       0.0       0.0      41.0      42.0       0. DECAYS
 * Maximum accuracy requested for decay of pi+ and pi-(id-number 13 and 14),
 * but without accounting for polarisation
 * Phase space
 PHYSICS          2.0       0.0       0.0      13.0      14.0       0. DECAYS
 * New evaporation model requested
 PHYSICS          2.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0. EVAPORAT

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