Features

Details

SHAPE v2.20

D3DSHAPE v1.0

MCSHAPE v2.60

Physics

photoelectric effect

x

x

x

~1000 characteristic lines

x

x

x

line width

x

x

atomic Rayleigh scattering

x

x

x

atomic Compton scattering

x

x

x

Compton profile

first collision only

x

x

electron bremsstrahlung

foreseen in v3

x

foreseen in v3

open data bases

x

x

x

user defined elements

foreseen in v3

infinite thickness targets

x

x

x

finite thickness targets

x

x

multilayer targets

x

polarization representation

Stokes

Stokes

source polarization state

linear/ unpolarised

unpolarised

arbitrary

calculated spectrum

intensity component only

full polarization state

monochromatic source

x

x

x

polychromatic source

postprocessor

x

external detector

solid state Si/Ge

foreseen in v3

reflection geometry

x

x

x

transmission geometry

x

Miscellaneous

selective computation of single interaction chains

x

partial

foreseen in v3

Transport model

particle

photons

photons
electrons

photons

scalar equation

x

x

x

vector equation

x

x

solution

deterministic

deterministic

Monte Carlo

collisions

3

3

100

1-D spatial geometry

x

x

3-D spatial geometry

x

see MCSHAPE3D

Code

language

DELPHI

FORTRAN 77

FORTRAN 90

additional libraries

graphics

WINTERACTER

platform

DOS
WINDOWS

LINUX

WINDOWS
LINUX

distribution

web site

alpha testing

web site

parallelization

MPICH v1.0
(only Linux)

Applications

spectroscopy

x

x

x

analytical chemistry

x

x

x

radiation metrology

x

x

x

radiation shielding

x

x

x

dosimetry

foreseen in v2

foreseen in v3

radiation transport teaching

x

x

x