[Gate-users] Ion particle simulation Issue

Thu Nov 16 13:28:08 CET 2006

Hi,

I have also had this problem with version 3.3. 

Have you made any progress fixing this? I couldn't see a reply on the
mailing list.

Thanks,
Becky

Rebecca Gregory
Nuclear Medicine Physicist
Physics Department,
Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, 
Downs Road, Sutton,
Surrey SM2 5PT, UK
Tel:   +44(0)20 8661 3673

>>> Sebastien JAN <jan at shfj.cea.fr> 22 August 2006 10:35:59 >>>
Hi,

I will check this problem asap
Thanks for your report

Sebastien

sd48 at buffalo.edu wrote:
> Hi All,
>       I'am facing the following problem with regards to the
simulation 
> of an "ion particle" isotope.
> 
> My simulation crashes with the following "crash messages" when my
source 
> isotope is an "ion particle".
> 
>
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> 
> *** Break *** segmentation violation
> Generating stack trace...
> /usr/bin/addr2line: 'Gate': No such file
> /usr/bin/addr2line: 'Gate': No such file
> 0x000000374ca90663 in std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>,

> std::allocator<char> >::assign(std::basic_string<char, 
> std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&) + 0x23 from 
> /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6
> 0x0000002a957d7c8e in GateToRoot::RecordStep(G4Step const*) + 0x18e
from 
>
/san1/projects/nucmed/rutaoyao/gate/gate_3.0/gate_v3.0.0/lib/libGate.so
> 0x0000002a9574a03e in GateOutputMgr::RecordStep(G4Step const*) + 0x7e

> from 
>
/san1/projects/nucmed/rutaoyao/gate/gate_3.0/gate_v3.0.0/lib/libGate.so
> 0x0000002a957b0161 in GateSteppingAction::UserSteppingAction(G4Step 
> const*) + 0x351 from 
>
/san1/projects/nucmed/rutaoyao/gate/gate_3.0/gate_v3.0.0/lib/libGate.so
> 0x0000002a9b21d9f3 in G4SteppingManager::Stepping() + 0x443 from 
>
/san1/projects/nucmed/rutaoyao/gate/gate_3.0/geant4.8.0.p01/lib/Linux-g++/libG4tracking.so

> 
> 0x0000002a9b22442c in G4TrackingManager::ProcessOneTrack(G4Track*) +

> 0x15c from 
>
/san1/projects/nucmed/rutaoyao/gate/gate_3.0/geant4.8.0.p01/lib/Linux-g++/libG4tracking.so

> 
> 0x0000002a9ae7cdb9 in G4EventManager::DoProcessing(G4Event*) + 0x339

> from 
>
/san1/projects/nucmed/rutaoyao/gate/gate_3.0/geant4.8.0.p01/lib/Linux-g++/libG4event.so

> 
> 0x0000002a9ad5096a in G4RunManager::DoEventLoop(int, char const*,
int) + 
> 0xfa from 
>
/san1/projects/nucmed/rutaoyao/gate/gate_3.0/geant4.8.0.p01/lib/Linux-g++/libG4run.so

> 
> 0x0000002a9ad4f061 in G4RunManager::BeamOn(int, char const*, int) +
0x91 
> from 
>
/san1/projects/nucmed/rutaoyao/gate/gate_3.0/geant4.8.0.p01/lib/Linux-g++/libG4run.so

> 
> 0x0000002a9564366f in GateApplicationMgr::StartDAQ() + 0x13f from 
>
/san1/projects/nucmed/rutaoyao/gate/gate_3.0/gate_v3.0.0/lib/libGate.so
> 0x0000002a9564289a in 
> GateApplicationMgrMessenger::SetNewValue(G4UIcommand*, G4String) +
0x14a 
> from 
>
/san1/projects/nucmed/rutaoyao/gate/gate_3.0/gate_v3.0.0/lib/libGate.so
> 0x0000002a9cd41e7d in G4UIcommand::DoIt(G4String) + 0x45d from 
>
/san1/projects/nucmed/rutaoyao/gate/gate_3.0/geant4.8.0.p01/lib/Linux-g++/libG4intercoms.so

> 
> 0x0000002a9cd4ebeb in G4UImanager::ApplyCommand(char const*) + 0x4fb

> from 
>
/san1/projects/nucmed/rutaoyao/gate/gate_3.0/geant4.8.0.p01/lib/Linux-g++/libG4intercoms.so

> 
> 0x0000002a9cd35354 in G4UIbatch::SessionStart() + 0x494 from 
>
/san1/projects/nucmed/rutaoyao/gate/gate_3.0/geant4.8.0.p01/lib/Linux-g++/libG4intercoms.so

> 
> 0x0000002a9cd4b765 in G4UImanager::ExecuteMacroFile(char const*) +
0x45 
> from 
>
/san1/projects/nucmed/rutaoyao/gate/gate_3.0/geant4.8.0.p01/lib/Linux-g++/libG4intercoms.so

> 
> 0x0000002a9cd4981f in G4UIcontrolMessenger::SetNewValue(G4UIcommand*,

> G4String) + 0x11f from 
>
/san1/projects/nucmed/rutaoyao/gate/gate_3.0/geant4.8.0.p01/lib/Linux-g++/libG4intercoms.so

> 
> 0x0000002a9cd41e7d in G4UIcommand::DoIt(G4String) + 0x45d from 
>
/san1/projects/nucmed/rutaoyao/gate/gate_3.0/geant4.8.0.p01/lib/Linux-g++/libG4intercoms.so

> 
> 0x0000002a9cd4ebeb in G4UImanager::ApplyCommand(char const*) + 0x4fb

> from 
>
/san1/projects/nucmed/rutaoyao/gate/gate_3.0/geant4.8.0.p01/lib/Linux-g++/libG4intercoms.so

> 
> 0x0000002a9cd35354 in G4UIbatch::SessionStart() + 0x494 from 
>
/san1/projects/nucmed/rutaoyao/gate/gate_3.0/geant4.8.0.p01/lib/Linux-g++/libG4intercoms.so

> 
> 0x0000002a9cd4b765 in G4UImanager::ExecuteMacroFile(char const*) +
0x45 
> from 
>
/san1/projects/nucmed/rutaoyao/gate/gate_3.0/geant4.8.0.p01/lib/Linux-g++/libG4intercoms.so

> 
> 0x0000002a9cd4981f in G4UIcontrolMessenger::SetNewValue(G4UIcommand*,

> G4String) + 0x11f from 
>
/san1/projects/nucmed/rutaoyao/gate/gate_3.0/geant4.8.0.p01/lib/Linux-g++/libG4intercoms.so

> 
> 0x0000002a9cd41e7d in G4UIcommand::DoIt(G4String) + 0x45d from 
>
/san1/projects/nucmed/rutaoyao/gate/gate_3.0/geant4.8.0.p01/lib/Linux-g++/libG4intercoms.so

> 
> 0x0000002a9cd4ebeb in G4UImanager::ApplyCommand(char const*) + 0x4fb

> from 
>
/san1/projects/nucmed/rutaoyao/gate/gate_3.0/geant4.8.0.p01/lib/Linux-g++/libG4intercoms.so

> 
> 0x0000002a98c4978d in G4UIterminal::ExecuteCommand(G4String) + 0x8d
from 
>
/san1/projects/nucmed/rutaoyao/gate/gate_3.0/geant4.8.0.p01/lib/Linux-g++/libG4UIbasic.so

> 
> 0x0000002a98c4abfe in G4UIterminal::SessionStart() + 0x7e from 
>
/san1/projects/nucmed/rutaoyao/gate/gate_3.0/geant4.8.0.p01/lib/Linux-g++/libG4UIbasic.so

> 
> 0x0000000000407947 in main + 0x3b7 from Gate
> 0x000000374b51c3fb in __libc_start_main + 0xdb from
/lib64/tls/libc.so.6
> 0x000000000040693a in __gxx_personality_v0 + 0x7a from Gate
> Abort
>
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> 
> 
>         However, if i retain all the other environmental settings the

> same and change the source isotope(in the source.mac) into a
different 
> type of particle (eg: a positron), the simulation goes thru'
properly. 
> Below are the macro files that i have used for simulation :
> 
> Flour-18 isotope as a positron particle (SIMULATION RUNS WITHOUT 
> CRASHING) :
> 
> ----------------------------------------------
> /gate/source/addSource F18
> /gate/source/F18/setActivity 3700000. becquerel
> /gate/source/F18/gps/particle e+
> /gate/source/F18/setForcedUnstableFlag true
> /gate/source/F18/setForcedHalfLife 6586.2 s
> /gate/source/F18/gps/energytype Fluor18
> /gate/source/F18/gps/type Volume
> /gate/source/F18/gps/shape Cylinder
> /gate/source/F18/gps/radius 40 mm
> /gate/source/F18/gps/halfz 40 mm
> /gate/source/F18/gps/angtype iso
> /gate/source/F18/gps/centre 10. 0. 0. mm
> /gate/source/F18/gps/confine NULL
> /gate/source/F18/gps/mintheta 0. deg
> /gate/source/F18/gps/maxtheta 180. deg
> /gate/source/F18/gps/minphi 0. deg
> /gate/source/F18/gps/maxphi 360. deg
> ------------------------------------------------
> 
> Flour-18 isotope as an ion particle (SIMULATION CRASHES) :
> 
> ------------------------------------------------
> /gate/source/addSource F18
> /gate/source/F18/setActivity 3700000. becquerel
> /gate/source/F18/gps/particle ion
> /gate/source/F18/gps/ion 9 18 0 0
> /gate/source/F18/gps/monoenergy 0. keV
> /gate/source/F18/setForcedUnstableFlag true
> /gate/source/F18/setForcedHalfLife 6586.2 s
> /gate/source/F18/gps/type Volume
> /gate/source/F18/gps/shape Cylinder
> /gate/source/F18/gps/radius 40 mm
> /gate/source/F18/gps/halfz 40 mm
> /gate/source/F18/gps/angtype iso
> /gate/source/F18/gps/centre 10. 0. 0. mm
> /gate/source/F18/gps/confine NULL
> /gate/source/F18/gps/mintheta 0. deg
> /gate/source/F18/gps/maxtheta 180. deg
> /gate/source/F18/gps/minphi 0. deg
> /gate/source/F18/gps/maxphi 360. deg
> ---------------------------------------------------
> 
>               I'am using the gate_v3.0.0 version for the simulation.

> Could anyone kindly provide some hints for this issue. Thank you.
> 
> 
> regards,
> Srinivas
> 
> 
> ---------------------
> Srinivas Prasad D.G.
> Research Assistant,
> Department of Nuclear Medicine.
> University at Buffalo, State University of New York,
> Buffalo, NY.
> 
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