[Gate-users] Not generating optical photons

[Amy Meldrum]

Yes, I believe so, I followed the format of LSO in Materials.xml. Also,
this problem persists even when I use already-defined LSO as my
scintillating material.

-Amy


On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 4:43 PM, Leo Read <leoread at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Amy,
>
> Have you defined the scintillator properties appropriately in
> Materials.xml (scintillation yield etc.)?
>
> Leo
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 1:53 PM, Amy Meldrum <ameldru at g.clemson.edu>wrote:
>
>> Vesna,
>>
>> Yes, I have re-compiled VGate to include optical processes. Right now I
>> am wondering if something is wrong with how I attached sensitive detectors
>> and attaching volumes to levels of the OpticalSystem.
>>
>> -Amy
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 1:45 PM, Vesna Cuplov <vesna.cuplov at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Amy,
>>>
>>> Did you turn the Optical flag on when compiling vgate? Could you
>>> cross-check.
>>>
>>> vesna
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 5:32 PM, Amy Meldrum <ameldru at g.clemson.edu>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Gate Users,
>>>>
>>>> In an attempt to simplify my simulation to identify the problems, I am
>>>> using VGate to model an alpha source, a plastic scintillator, and a PMT.
>>>> However, when I run my simulation nothing happens; no optical photons are
>>>> generated.
>>>>
>>>> I use the OpticalSystem, and set my scintillator material to be a
>>>> crystalSD. I have defined my surfaces and have the surface going from my
>>>> scintillator to PMT set as perfect_apd (dielectric-metal). My alpha source
>>>> is placed just above the scintillator.
>>>>
>>>> For physics I have:
>>>> /gate/physics/addProcess Scintillation
>>>> /gate/physics/addProcess OpticalAbsorption
>>>> /gate/physics/addProcess OpticalRayleigh
>>>> /gate/physics/addProcess OpticalBoundary
>>>> /gate/physics/processList Enabled
>>>>
>>>> I am at a loss as for why nothing seems to happen with my simulation.
>>>> Is there something I am missing or forgot to define?
>>>>
>>>> Thank you for helping,
>>>>
>>>> -Amy
>>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Dr. Vesna Cuplov
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>>>
>>
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