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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed">Good day to all!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed">Sending my question again, hopefully with more responses this time.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed">I'm try to implement phase space actor into my simulation, to be later used as the source of my simulation.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed">I add the actor as following to the main macro:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed">/gate/actor/addActor PhaseSpaceActor phaseSpace<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed">/gate/actor/phaseSpace/save output/phaseSpace.root<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed">/gate/actor/phaseSpace/attachTo Phantom<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed"># Store not only entering particles, but also outgoing particles<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed">/gate/actor/phaseSpace/storeOutgoingParticles true<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed">/gate/actor/phaseSpace/storeSecondaries false<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed">/gate/actor/phaseSpace/setMaxFileSize 50 GB<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed">/gate/actor/phaseSpace/enableProductionVolume false<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed">/gate/actor/phaseSpace/enableProductionProcess false<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed"># Store coordinates in the actor coordinates<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed">/gate/actor/phaseSpace/useVolumeFrame true<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed">/gate/actor/phaseSpace/enableEkine true<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed">/gate/actor/phaseSpace/enableXPosition true<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed">/gate/actor/phaseSpace/enableYPosition true<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed">/gate/actor/phaseSpace/enableZPosition true<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed">/gate/actor/phaseSpace/enableXDirection true<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed">/gate/actor/phaseSpace/enableYDirection true<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed">/gate/actor/phaseSpace/enableZDirection true<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed">/gate/actor/phaseSpace/enableParticleName true<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed">/gate/actor/phaseSpace/enableWeight true<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed">Then after I have the phaseSpace.root file, I try to replace my source with this actor, by:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-right:0cm;text-align:left;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo3;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed">
commenting out the above actor commands<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-right:0cm;text-align:left;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo3;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed">
commenting out the previous source<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-right:0cm;text-align:left;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo3;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed">
adding the following commands instead of the source, at the same place of the main macro:<o:p></o:p></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed"># Phase-Space actor as source<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed">gate/source/addSource pS_Source phaseSpace<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed">gate/source/pS_Source/addPhaseSpaceFile data/phaseSpace.root<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed">gate/source/pS_Source/attachTo Phantom<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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My problem is that the output sinograms are empty, and that if I check the stat actor it shows that the simulation time has reached 1.79769e+299 seconds, where the simulation was run for 5 seconds.<o:p></o:p></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:-18.0pt;text-align:left;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed">
Also, I was wondering what is more recommended for this case, to save the particles coordinates in the actor frame or in the world frame (i.e. setting the command /gate/actor/phaseSpace/useVolumeFrame to be either true or false).<o:p></o:p></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:-18.0pt;text-align:left;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed">
And one general question: what is the difference between using the phase space actor and using the tracker/detector mode?<o:p></o:p></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed">I would greatly appreciate any help on the matter.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed">Ayeleth.<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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