[Gate-users] Unable to use phase space file from IAEA with Gate 6.2

[Stathis Kamperis]

Relevant:

http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.science.opengate.user/3115

Best regards,
Stathis

On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 11:26 PM, Stathis Kamperis <ekamperi at gmail.com> wrote:
> Greetings everyone,
>
> I downloaded it from here:
> https://www-nds.iaea.org/phsp/photon1/
>
> ELEKTA_PRECISE_6mv_part1.IAEAphsp and its associated header
> ELEKTA_PRECISE_6mv_part1.IAEAheader
>
> When I try to use it from within Gate with:
>
> /gate/source/addSource mybeam phaseSpace
> /gate/source/mybeam/addPhaseSpaceFile
> /home/stathis/Downloads/ELEKTA_PRECISE_6mv_part1.IAEAphsp
>
> I get the following error:
> /home/stathis/Downloads/gate_v6.2/source/physics/src/GateSourcePhaseSpace.cc
> (l.252): Source phase space: particle not available in IAEA phase
> space format.
>
> I checked the source code:
> http://www.opengatecollaboration.org/lxr/source/6.2.0/source/physics/src/GateSourcePhaseSpace.cc#L231
>
> and it appears as if Gate can't recognize some particle type that the
> header file is including. But,
> https://www-nds.iaea.org/phsp/photon1/ELEKTA_PRECISE_6mv_part1.IAEAheader
> has only photons, electrons, positrons that Gate should recognize.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Best regards,
> Stathis