Monoenergetic photon pencil beam
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'''Change the incident particle energy''' | '''Change the incident particle energy''' | ||
| - | The default energy is 20 MeV. | + | The default energy is 20 MeV. The typical therapeutic beam energy used in radiotherapy is in the interval 0.3 to 20 MeV. In gamma.mac you can change the value of 20 MeV |
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| - | to, for example, | + | to, for example, 1.25 MeV |
<pre style="color: #800000; background-color: #dcdcdc"> | <pre style="color: #800000; background-color: #dcdcdc"> | ||
| - | /gun/energy | + | /gun/energy 1.25 MeV |
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| + | This is the energy of the photon beams from cobalt-60 therapy machines. | ||
Keep in mind that the primary particle generation is done at /PhotonPB_source/src/PrimaryGeneratorAction.cc. | Keep in mind that the primary particle generation is done at /PhotonPB_source/src/PrimaryGeneratorAction.cc. | ||
