libamtrack (version 0.6.3)

AT.fluence.weighted.E.MeV.u: AT.fluence.weighted.E.MeV.u

Description

Computes the fluence-weighted average energy of a particle field Needed by SuccessiveConvolutions

Usage

AT.fluence.weighted.E.MeV.u(E.MeV.u, fluence.cm2)

Arguments

E.MeV.u

energy of particles in the mixed particle field (array of size number.of.field.components) (see also E.MeV.u).

fluence.cm2

fluences of particles in the mixed particle field (array of size number.of.field.components).

Value

• average.E.MeV.u
  average.E.MeV.u

See Also

View the C source code here: http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/libamtrack/browser/tags/0.6.3/src/AT_Phy sicsRoutines.c#L578

Examples

# fluence- and dose-weighted mean energy for a simple mixed field
# of high and low (99/1) energy protons
AT.fluence.weighted.E.MeV.u( E.MeV.u       = c(100, 1),
                             fluence.cm2   = c(99e8, 1e8)) 
AT.dose.weighted.E.MeV.u( E.MeV.u       = c(100, 1),
                          particle.no   = c(1001, 1001),
                          fluence.cm2   = c(99e8, 1e8), 
                          material.no   = 1,                   # water
                                   stopping.power.source.no = 2)