[Gate-users] Ion particle simulation Issue

Sebastien JAN sebastien.jan at cea.fr
Thu Nov 16 13:32:19 CET 2006


Hi,

Could you test this patch

In GateDecayPhysics, after line #72, insert the following line:

theIonTable->GetParticle(i)->SetAtomicMass(1);     // GEANT4 Bug Fix #846

and let me known if it works fine

Cheers
Seb



Rebecca Gregory wrote:
> 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".
>>
>>
> 
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> 
>>*** 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
>>
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> 
>>
>>        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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