Problem 970 - Branching ratio of weak gamma lines artificially set to 1e-5
Summary: Branching ratio of weak gamma lines artificially set to 1e-5
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Geant4
Classification: Unclassified
Component: processes/hadronic/models/de_excitation/photon_evaporation (show other problems)
Version: other
Hardware: All All
: P5 trivial
Assignee: aatos.heikkinen
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Reported: 2007-09-20 14:36 CEST by Luciano Pandola
Modified: 2008-01-31 16:04 CET (History)
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Description Luciano Pandola 2007-09-20 14:36:27 CEST
The branching ratio of all very weak gamma lines (< 1-e5) is artificially set to 1e-5. This causes some rare lines to be produced more often than in the reality. While in most applications the effect is negligible, it may have an importance for  the 2505-keV line of Co-60 (table of isotopes: 2e-8, Geant4: 1e-5).

The problem comes from line #189 of G4NuclearLevelManager.cc:
const G4double minProbability = 0.001;

I suggest this value to be substantially lowered, e.g.
const G4double minProbability = 1e-8;
Comment 1 Luciano Pandola 2008-01-31 16:04:49 CET
The bug has been fixed (see patch described below) in version 9.1.