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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Maybe others can correct me if I am
      wrong - but the source defines just the distribution of the
      primary particles (for the ParticleGun object of Geant4), and has
      no relation whatsoever on the material in the vicinity of the
      source. Once the primary particle is created, transportation
      algorithms propagate its path through the volume, occupied by
      entities defined in geometry part of the simulation setup. Hence -
      if you world volume is made of vacuum, and no other volumes were
      added, the source is in vacuum as well.<br>
      <br>
      If you want your source to be of particular material, you have to
      crate a daughter volume of the world volume (see gate manual for
      exact syntax) of an appropriate size and material. Then tracking
      will use that particular material and do Compton/Rayleigh
      accordingly.<br>
      <br>
      If you want annulus source, you also have to think about material
      of the prohibited volume. I can't really say it should be a
      particular type since I have no idea what you want to simulate. <br>
      <br>
      Hope this helps<br>
      <br>
      Andrej<br>
      <br>
      On 01/08/16 10:06, Pawe Kowalski wrote:<br>
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        <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452236762616_4985">Hi,</div>
        <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452236762616_4951"><br>
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        <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452236762616_4950">In my
          simulations I have volume source of back-to-back gamma
          quanta. </div>
        <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452236762616_4986">I would like
          to ask if this is possible to have some Compton or Rayleigh
          scatterings in this source? </div>
        <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452236762616_4949">If space
          around source is a vacuum, then source is also treated as a
          vacuum? Going forward, if space around source is an air, then
          source is also treated as an air?</div>
        <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452236762616_4949"><br>
        </div>
        <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452236762616_4949">My
          definition of source:</div>
        <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452236762616_4949"><br>
        </div>
        <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452236762616_4949" class="">#=====================================================</div>
        <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452236762616_4949" class="">#
          linear source</div>
        <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452236762616_4949" class="">#=====================================================</div>
        <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452236762616_4949" class=""><br
            id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452236762616_5074" class="">
        </div>
        <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452236762616_4949" class="">/gate/source/addSource
          linear gps</div>
        <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452236762616_4949" class=""><br
            id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452236762616_5078" class="">
        </div>
        <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452236762616_4949" class="">/gate/source/linear/gps/type
          Volume</div>
        <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452236762616_4949" class="">/gate/source/linear/gps/shape
          Cylinder</div>
        <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452236762616_4949" class="">/gate/source/linear/gps/radius
          3.2 mm</div>
        <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452236762616_4949" class="">/gate/source/linear/gps/halfz
          35. cm</div>
        <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452236762616_4949" class="">/gate/source/linear/gps/pos/centre
          0. -45. 0. mm</div>
        <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452236762616_4949" class=""><br
            id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452236762616_5086" class="">
        </div>
        <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452236762616_4949" class="">/gate/source/linear/setActivity
          5000000 Bq</div>
        <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452236762616_4949" class="">/gate/source/linear/setType
          backtoback</div>
        <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452236762616_4949" class="">/gate/source/linear/gps/particle
          gamma</div>
        <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452236762616_4949" class="">/gate/source/linear/gps/ene/mono
          511. keV</div>
        <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452236762616_4949" class="">/gate/source/linear/gps/angtype
          iso</div>
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            id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452236762616_5094" class="">
        </div>
        <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452236762616_4949" class="">/gate/source/list</div>
        <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452236762616_4949"><br>
        </div>
        <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452236762616_4949">Best
          regards,</div>
        <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452236762616_4949">Paweł
          Kowalski</div>
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