import pycatima as catima import numpy as np # --- 1. Constants --- P_TORR = 250 TEMP_K = 293.15 R = 8.3144 MEV2U = 1.0 / 931.494 # Gas Density Calculations p_pa = P_TORR * 133.322 molar_density = p_pa / (R * TEMP_K) m_he, m_c, m_o = 4.0026, 12.0000, 15.9949 m_mix_avg = (0.96 * m_he) + (0.04 * (m_c + 2*m_o)) rho_g_cm3 = (molar_density * m_mix_avg) / 1e6 print(f"Gas density at {P_TORR} Torr: {rho_g_cm3:.6e} g/cm^3") # --- 2. Material & Step Setup --- material_def = [(m_he, 2, 0.96), (m_c, 6, 0.04), (m_o, 8, 0.08)] gas_mix = catima.Material(material_def) gas_mix.density(rho_g_cm3) # Thickness step settings step_mg_cm2 = 0.001 # 1 ug/cm2 steps as per your example step_g_cm2 = step_mg_cm2 / 1000.0 max_steps = 100000 # Adjust based on how far you want to track def generate_lookup(z, mass_u, e_start_mev, label): filename = f"{label}_lookup_{e_start_mev}MeV.dat" projectile = catima.Projectile(mass_u, z) current_e_total = e_start_mev current_thickness_g_cm2 = 0.0 output = [] header = f"Energy(MeV) \tmg/cm2 \tcm\nStarting Energy: {e_start_mev} MeV" for i in range(max_steps): # 1. Record current state dist_cm = current_thickness_g_cm2 / rho_g_cm3 output.append([current_e_total, current_thickness_g_cm2 * 1000.0, dist_cm]) # 2. Calculate energy loss for the NEXT step e_u = current_e_total / mass_u if e_u < 0.01: # Stop at ATIMA limit break projectile.T(e_u) # dedx returns MeV / (g/cm2) loss_mev = catima.dedx(projectile, gas_mix) * step_g_cm2 # 3. Update values current_e_total -= loss_mev current_thickness_g_cm2 += step_g_cm2 np.savetxt(filename, output, fmt='%.6f', delimiter='\t', header=header) print(f"Lookup table created: {filename}") # --- 3. Run --- # Format: generate_lookup(Z, mass_u, E_start_MeV, label) generate_lookup(1, 1.0078, 20, "proton") generate_lookup(2, 4.0026, 20, "alpha")