The code needs two input files to specify the target composition and the source configuration. For more information about the input files click here.

Windows version

Linux version

Output of the code

Windows

Contents of the folder MCSHAPE:

• - mcshape.exe (Monte Carlo executable code)
• - TARGETS (folder with the targets composition and the collection of the output)
• - ELEMENTS (folder with the libraries of physical data for elements from Hydrogen to Uranium)
• - SOURCES (folder for the source configuration files)
• - GEOMETRY (folder for the geometrical set-up)
• - README.txt
• - licence.txt

1) Building the input files (see the page BUILDING INPUT FILES)

2) Running the code

- Double click on on the Desktop or in the directory where you saved the code (i.e. C:\MCSHAPE)

- follow the instruction of the code

- output files are placed in the directory with the name of the target you created before (i.e. TARGETS/H2O)

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Linux

Contents of the folder mcshape (installed in you HOME directory):

• - README (readme file)
• - licence.txt (informations about licence)
• - link to ELEMENTS (libraries of physical data for elements from Hydrogen to Uranium)
• - link to mcshape (Monte Carlo executable code, version 2.04)
• - VALQ.DAT (values of the momentum of the orbital electron)
• - TARGETS (folder with the targets composition and the collection of the output)
• - SOURCES (folder in which you can place the source configuration file - recommended but not compulsory)

1) Building the input files (see the page BUILDING INPUT FILES)

2) Running the code

- move into mcshape in your HOME folder

- type ./mcshape

- follow the instruction of the code

- output files are placed in the directory with the name of the target you created before (i.e. TARGETS/H2O)

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Contents of the output (all files are placed in TARGETS/target_name/RES):

1) Text files

SPECTRUM.DAT file containing the full energy spectrum SPECTRUM_W.DAT file with the intensity corrected considering the width of the characteristic lines CONTINUUM.DAT file with the continuous part of the spectrum DISCRETE.DAT file with the discrete part of the spectrum PHOTO_EFFECT.DAT file containing the spectrum of the chains with at least one photoelectric collision ONLY_COMPTON.DAT file containing the intensity due to Compton scattering only ONLY_SCATTERING.DAT file with the intensity due to pure scattering, i.e. without any photoelectric collision ONLY_PHOTO.DAT file containing the intensity due to pure photoelectric effect   ONLY_PHOTO_W.DAT file containing the intensity due to pure photoelectric effect corrected considering the width of the characteristic lines TR_BEAM.DAT file containing the intensity of the uncollided transmitted beam STOKES1.DAT file with the intensity component in function of the energy STOKES2.DAT file with the second component of the Stokes vector STOKES3.DAT file with the third component of the Stokes vector STOKES4.DAT file with the fourth component of the Stokes vector ANGLE_CHI.DAT file with the angle chi as a function of the energy POL_DEGREE.DAT file with the polarization degree of the spectrum as a function of the energy mcshape.log file with some infomation about the simulation run.log file with information about the run state.

Please note that PHOTO_EFFECT.DAT + ONLY_SCATTERING.DAT gives SPECTRUM.DAT.

For the moment the file SPECTRUM.DAT does not contain the uncollided beam in transmission. Therefore, to obtain the full spectrum in transmission mode is necessary to add SPECTRUM.DAT + TR_BEAM.DAT.

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For more information about the code, contact the authors to the following address:

 viviana.scot@mail.ing.unibo.it

or to:

 jorge.fernandez@unibo.it

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