Difference between revisions of "PAA Software"

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1.) Gamma W

Need to check out a USB dive which contains the key needed to run the program.

Can read MPA files saved as *.MP not *.MPA

Christian is a good resource for questions on Gamma W

2.)Valeriia's matlab script used to estimate activation times

Vstar_Matlab_ActTime

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 Christian is a good resource for questions on Gamma W
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+.)Valeriia's matlab script used to estimate activation times
-Valeriia's matlab script used to estimate activation times
+[[Vstar_Matlab_ActTime]]
-[[File:Vstar_Matlab_ActTime.txt]]
-This example was done for Bi-206.
-%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
-clear all;
-load bics.m % loads cross-section file: first column is energy, second column is c-s in b
-load flpb.m %loads photon flux file: first column is energy, second column is flux in photons/cm^2 per source electron
-energy=bics(:, 1);
-flux=flpb(:, 2);
-cs=bics(:,2);
-%% Parameters (target parameters) (need to be entered every time program is compiled)
-% Below enter target mass in grams;
-M = 1;
-% Below enter target average atomic mass in amu;
-m = 208;
-% Below enter natural abundance of an isotope of interest;
-abundance = 0.55;
-% Below enter a half-life of the isotope of interest in hours:
-halflife = 6.24*24;
-% %If you want to know activity after certain time of irradiation, then below enter irradiation time in hours:
-T = 1;
-% %If you want to see activity as a function of time, then below enter irradiation time in hours:
-t = [0:0.1:100];
-%% Activity calculation is conducted below (don't edit)
-% Average number of electrons per second is calculated and stored in variable N (for 1 kW of
-% beam power and 40 MeV electron beam):
-N = (1 * 10^(-3)) / (40 * 1.6 * 10^(-19));
-% Photon flux - cross section overlap integral I (in s^-1) is calculated and stored in variable I:
-I=0;
-for i=1:length(cs),
-I=I+flux(i).*cs(i);
-end
-I = I*N * 10^(-27);
-% Total number of the isotope of interest in the target is calculated and stored in variable Tot;
-Tot = M * abundance / (m * 1.6605 * 10^(-24) );
-% Production rate (in s^-1) is calculated and stored in variable R:
-R = Tot * I;
-% Activity obtained in uCi:
-A0 = ( R * (1 - exp(-log(2)* T / halflife))) / (37000); %converted from Bq into microCi
-sprintf('Activity obtained is %g uCi/(%g g kW %g hours)', A0, T)
-A = ( R * (1 - exp(-log(2)* t / halflife))) / (37000); %converted from Bq into microCi
-plot(t,A)
 [[PAA_Research]]

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