<div dir="ltr">Gate users,<div><br></div><div>I have been running a simple simulation with a scintillating square and an alpha or beta source, which was running quite well. By turning verbosity = 2 and tracking some of the particles' lives, I could confirm that the only events named "Scintillation" in my Hits.dat file were being generated in my scintillator volume. An example of the expected screen output is below:</div>
<div><br></div><div><div>*********************************************************************************************************</div><div>* G4Track Information: Particle = e-, Track ID = 1, Parent ID = 0</div><div>
*********************************************************************************************************</div><div><br></div><div>Step# X(mm) Y(mm) Z(mm) KinE(MeV) dE(MeV) StepLeng TrackLeng NextVolume ProcName</div>
<div> 0 1.29 0.386 0.589 0.6 0 0 0 Waterbox_phys initStep</div><div> 1 1.29 0.386 0.585 0.6 0.000371 0.00364 0.00364 ScinLayer_phys Transportation</div><div> 2 1.29 0.386 0.129 0.475 0.125 0.456 0.46 ScinLayer_phys ElectronIonisation</div>
<div> :----- List of 2ndaries - #SpawnInStep= 22(Rest= 0,Along= 0,Post=22), #SpawnTotal= 22 ---------------</div><div> : 1.29 0.386 0.201 2.93e-06 opticalphoton</div><div> : 1.29 0.386 0.303 2.93e-06 opticalphoton</div>
<div> : 1.29 0.386 0.544 2.93e-06 opticalphoton</div></div><div>(and so on...)</div><div><br></div><div>However, I slowly modified this simulation to simulate scintillating spheres in a cylinder of water, and now the entries marked "scintillation" in my Hits.dat file no longer make sense. For many particles, the end of their life is marked "scintillation," but in a non-scintillating volume. Also I no longer see "Scintillation" in my scintillating spheres before the generation of optical photons. Now, the optical photons just kind of happen, and seem to come from my 'water' volume. Below are two screen output segments showing this odd behavior: </div>
<div><br></div><div><div>*********************************************************************************************************</div><div>* G4Track Information: Particle = e-, Track ID = 1, Parent ID = 0</div><div>
*********************************************************************************************************</div><div><br></div><div>Step# X(mm) Y(mm) Z(mm) KinE(MeV) dE(MeV) StepLeng TrackLeng NextVolume ProcName</div>
<div> 2 -0.421 0.49 0.0672 0.45 0 0 0.219 Waterbox_phys initStep</div><div> 3 -0.421 0.49 0 0.439 0.0109 0.0672 0.286 pmt_phys Transportation</div><div> 4 -0.421 0.49 -0.288 0.344 0.0949 0.288 0.574 pmt_phys ElectronIonisation</div>
<div> 5 -0.421 0.49 -0.53 0.23 0.114 0.242 0.816 pmt_phys ElectronIonisation</div><div> 6 -0.421 0.49 -0.713 0.123 0.107 0.183 1 pmt_phys ElectronIonisation</div>
<div> 7 -0.421 0.49 -0.81 0 0.123 0.0969 1.1 pmt_phys ElectronIonisation</div><div> 8 -0.421 0.49 -0.81 0 0 0 1.1 pmt_phys Scintillation</div><div>
<br></div><div>*********************************************************************************************************</div><div>* G4Track Information: Particle = e-, Track ID = 1, Parent ID = 0</div><div>*********************************************************************************************************</div>
<div><br></div><div>Step# X(mm) Y(mm) Z(mm) KinE(MeV) dE(MeV) StepLeng TrackLeng NextVolume ProcName</div><div> 0 -0.466 -0.138 0.267 0.6 0 0 0 Waterbox_phys initStep</div>
<div> 1 -0.466 -0.138 0.214 0.589 0.0113 0.0531 0.0531 ScinLayer_phys Transportation</div><div> 2 -0.466 -0.138 0.0864 0.562 0.0269 0.127 0.18 Waterbox_phys Transportation</div>
<div> :----- List of 2ndaries - #SpawnInStep= 4(Rest= 0,Along= 0,Post= 4), #SpawnTotal= 4 ---------------</div><div> : -0.466 -0.138 0.146 2.93e-06 opticalphoton</div><div> : -0.466 -0.138 0.0994 2.93e-06 opticalphoton</div>
<div> : -0.466 -0.138 0.105 2.93e-06 opticalphoton</div><div> : -0.466 -0.138 0.133 2.93e-06 opticalphoton</div><div> :----------------------------------------------------------------- EndOf2ndaries Info ---------------</div>
</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Any thoughts on why this is happening? Why would "Scintillation" come up in a volume that does not contain a material whose definition includes scintillation properties? And why are the optical photons appearing to be generated in my 'Waterbox' volume instead of my scintillating volume "ScinLayer"? This is output from the same basic file that only had a few minor geometrical changes made to it.</div>
<div><br></div><div>-Amy</div></div>