<html><body><div id="zimbraEditorContainer" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000" class="10"><div>Dear Dimitris Thanasas, </div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>I come back to you about launching GATE with more than 10^9 primaries.</div><div>I have tried to set an activity to my source and to run the simulation for a certain time as you suggested.</div><div>It allowed me to launch my simulation with 10^10 photons, but not more.</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>Now I want to split my simulation, but I don't now how exactly and I can't find any information about it, would you give me some advices ?</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>Thank you very much for your help,</div><div>Regards,</div><div>Sarah Blind</div><div><br></div><div><span id="zwchr" data-marker="__DIVIDER__">----- Le 25 Fév 22, à 7:59, Dimitrios Thanasas <dthanas@uoa.gr> a écrit :<br></span></div><div data-marker="__QUOTED_TEXT__"><blockquote style="border-left:2px solid #1010FF;margin-left:5px;padding-left:5px;color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;">Dear Sarah,<br><br>You could try to give an activity to your source, (e.g. 1 GBq - without<br>half life) and then to run the simulation for a certain time (e.g. 10s). I<br>think that this wiil work (you may need a statactor to know exactly the<br>number of the emitted particles).<br>If you try to split the simulation, you may need to change the engine seed<br>in order not to have the same results in each simulation.<br><br>Regards,<br>Dimitris<br><br>> Dear Gate users,<br>><br>> I have the following model : 1 cell inside of which there are 12 clusters<br>> of 8000 nanoparticles each.<br>> My source is composed of a gamma beam of 5 keV.<br>> My simulation works fine up to 10^9 photons send. But with 10^10 primaries<br>> nothing happens anymore (there is no error message).<br>> Does someone have an idea what the problem might be ?<br>><br>> Thank you very much for your help,<br>> Regards,<br>> Sarah Blind<br>><br>> world.mac<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> /gate/world/geometry/setXLength 30 um<br>> /gate/world/geometry/setYLength 30 um<br>> /gate/world/geometry/setZLength 30 um<br>> /gate/world/setMaterial Air<br>><br>> /gate/world/daughters/name cell<br>> /gate/world/daughters/insert sphere<br>> /gate/cell/geometry/setRmin 0.0 mm<br>> /gate/cell/geometry/setRmax 10 um<br>> /gate/cell/placement/setTranslation 0 0 0 um<br>> /gate/cell/setMaterial G4_WATER<br>> /gate/cell/vis/setVisible 1<br>> /gate/cell/vis/setColor blue<br>> /gate/cell/vis/forceSolid false<br>><br>> /gate/cell/daughters/name cluster<br>> /gate/cell/daughters/insert sphere<br>> /gate/cluster/geometry/setRmin 0.0 mm<br>> /gate/cluster/geometry/setRmax 500 nm<br>> /gate/cluster/placement/setTranslation 0 0 0 um<br>> /gate/cluster/setMaterial G4_WATER<br>> /gate/cluster/vis/setVisible 1<br>> /gate/cluster/vis/setColor yellow<br>> /gate/cluster/vis/forceSolid false<br>><br>> /gate/cluster/daughters/name NP<br>> /gate/cluster/daughters/insert sphere<br>> /gate/NP/geometry/setRmin 0 mm<br>> /gate/NP/geometry/setRmax 2 nm<br>> /gate/NP/placement/setTranslation 0 0 0 mm<br>> /gate/NP/setMaterial Bismuth<br>> /gate/NP/vis/setVisible 1<br>> /gate/NP/vis/setColor red<br>> /gate/NP/vis/forceSolid true<br>><br>><br>> /gate/NP/repeaters/insert cubicArray<br>> /gate/NP/cubicArray/setRepeatNumberX 20<br>> /gate/NP/cubicArray/setRepeatNumberY 20<br>> /gate/NP/cubicArray/setRepeatNumberZ 20<br>> /gate/NP/cubicArray/setRepeatVector 5 5 5 nm<br>><br>> /gate/cluster/repeaters/insert cubicArray<br>> /gate/cluster/cubicArray/setRepeatNumberX 3<br>> /gate/cluster/cubicArray/setRepeatNumberY 2<br>> /gate/cluster/cubicArray/setRepeatNumberZ 2<br>> /gate/cluster/cubicArray/setRepeatVector 5 5 5 um<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> physics.mac<br>><br>> BQ_BEGIN<br>><br>><br>> /gate/physics/addPhysicsList QGSP_BERT_EMV<br>><br>> /gate/physics/Gamma/SetCutInRegion world 50 nm<br>> /gate/physics/Electron/SetCutInRegion world 50 nm<br>><br>> /gate/physics/Gamma/SetCutInRegion cell 20 nm<br>> /gate/physics/Electron/SetCutInRegion cell 20 nm<br>><br>> /gate/physics/Gamma/SetCutInRegion cluster 5 nm<br>> /gate/physics/Electron/SetCutInRegion cluster 5 nm<br>><br>> /gate/physics/Gamma/SetCutInRegion NP 0.5 nm<br>> /gate/physics/Electron/SetCutInRegion NP 0.5 nm<br>><br>> /gate/random/setEngineName MersenneTwister<br>><br>> /gate/physics/addAtomDeexcitation<br>><br>> /gate/physics/addProcess PhotoElectric gamma<br>> /gate/physics/processes/PhotoElectric/setModel LivermoreModel<br>> /gate/physics/processes/PhotoElectric/setAugerElectron true<br>> /gate/physics/processes/PhotoElectric/setDeltaRayCut 10 eV<br>> /gate/physics/processes/PhotoElectric/setXRayCut 10 eV<br>> /gate/physics/processes/PhotoElectric/setStepFunction e- 0.2 0.1 nm<br>><br>> /gate/physics/addProcess Compton gamma<br>> /gate/physics/processes/Compton/setModel LivermoreModel<br>> /gate/physics/processes/Compton/setStepFunction e- 0.2 0.1 nm<br>><br>> /gate/physics/addProcess RayleighScattering<br>> /gate/physics/processes/RayleighScattering/setModel LivermoreModel<br>><br>> /gate/physics/addProcess GammaConversion<br>> /gate/physics/processes/GammaConversion/setModel LivermoreModel<br>><br>> /gate/physics/addProcess ElectronIonisation<br>> /gate/physics/processes/ElectronIonisation/setModel LivermoreModel e-<br>> /gate/physics/processes/ElectronIonisation/setModel PenelopeModel e+<br>> /gate/physics/processes/ElectronIonisation/setStepFunction e- 0.2 0.1 nm<br>><br>> /gate/physics/addProcess Bremsstrahlung e-<br>> /gate/physics/addProcess Bremsstrahlung e+<br>> /gate/physics/processes/Bremsstrahlung/setModel LivermoreModel e-<br>> /gate/physics/processes/Bremsstrahlung/setModel PenelopeModel e+<br>><br>> /gate/physics/addProcess eMultipleScattering e-<br>> /gate/physics/addProcess eMultipleScattering e+<br>> /gate/physics/processes/eMultipleScattering/setModel UrbanModel e-<br>> /gate/physics/processes/eMultipleScattering/setModel UrbanModel e+<br>><br>> /gate/physics/SetMinKineticEnergyInRegion world 1 eV<br>> /gate/physics/SetMinKineticEnergyInRegion cell 1 eV<br>> /gate/physics/ActivateSpecialCuts gamma<br>><br>> BQ_END<br>><br>><br>> source.mac<br>><br>> BQ_BEGIN<br>><br>><br>> /gate/source/addSource mybeam gps<br>> /gate/source/mybeam/gps/particle gamma<br>> /gate/source/mybeam/gps/pos/type Beam<br>> /gate/source/mybeam/gps/ene/mono 5 keV<br>> /gate/source/mybeam/gps/ene/type Gauss<br>> /gate/source/mybeam/gps/ene/sigma 1.0 keV<br>> /gate/source/mybeam/gps/direction 0 0 -1<br>><br>> /gate/source/mybeam/gps/position 0 0 15 um<br>> /gate/source/mybeam/gps/pos/type Volume<br>> /gate/source/mybeam/gps/pos/shape Cylinder<br>> /gate/source/mybeam/gps/pos/inner_radius 0 mm<br>> /gate/source/mybeam/gps/pos/radius 10 um<br>> /gate/source/mybeam/gps/pos/halfz 0.01 um<br>> /gate/source/mybeam/gps/ang/type beam2d<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> BQ_END<br>><br>><br>><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Gate-users mailing list<br>> Gate-users@lists.opengatecollaboration.org<br>> http://lists.opengatecollaboration.org/mailman/listinfo/gate-users<br></blockquote></div><div><br></div><div data-marker="__SIG_POST__">-- <br></div><div>Sarah Blind<br>Ingénieure de recherche - CNRS<br>Centre de Recherche en Automatique de Nancy (CRAN) <br>Département Biologie, Signaux et Systèmes en Cancérologie et Neurosciences (BioSiS)<br>Site de la faculté de médecine <br>9, Avenue de la Forêt de Haye <br>54505 Vandoeuvre les Nancy <br>Tél : 03.72.74.61.13</div></div></body></html>