For particles with Z > 1, TraceWin appears to incorrectly compute the beam power. Please see the attached files. When I use 20 mA of 50 MeV protons, I get 1 MW of beam power. I find this value under the "Beam data" menu on the "Main" sheet. When I change to Alpha (Z = 2) I still get 1 MW of beam power. I guess that TraceWin is using P = I*V when it should be using P = I*V/Z, where Z is the number of elementary charges of the particle.
I am currently running version 2.16.6.13 of TraceWin.
TraceWin appears to incorrectly compute beam power
TraceWin appears to incorrectly compute beam power
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Re: TraceWin appears to incorrectly compute beam power
Dear Foshea,
You are perfectly right, the error is fixed and you can upgrade your code if you want.
Regards,
Didier
You are perfectly right, the error is fixed and you can upgrade your code if you want.
Regards,
Didier