The particle source of UHDR

Particles, Track, Event, Run and Biasing
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_Geant4 Version:_Geant4_11.2.1

Dear friends,

Does the UHDR example not support the use of heavy ions (such as carbon ions) as a particle source, because I noticed that in PrimaryGeneratorMessenger.cc,

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PrimaryGeneratorMessenger::PrimaryGeneratorMessenger(PrimaryGeneratorAction *pPrimaryGenerator)
: G4UImessenger(), fpPrimaryGenerator(pPrimaryGenerator) {
fparticle = std::make_unique(“/UHDR/source/particle”, this);
fparticle->SetGuidance(“Add time structure.”);
fparticle->SetGuidance(“e-, proton, alpha”);

And I try to add the ions in macro file (beam.in), but it didn’t work.

Best wishes.

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I don’t know but maybe @sincerti knows from the top of his head?

/Pico

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This requires additional development & optimization, we expect this will be possible in the near future

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Dear,

You can try to implement ion in UHDR example. However, due very high LET, number of incident particles come to the volume to get a dose could be low.