RSICC CODE PACKAGE CCC-748

 

SWORD has been classified under the U. S. Department of Commerce Control List ECCN 2D290. Access is restricted.

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1.  NAME AND TITLE

SWORD:  SoftWare for Optimization of Radiation Detectors, SWORD Version 3.0-Alpha Build 2067.

 

2.  CONTRIBUTORS

Mark Strickman, Chul Gwon, Elena Novikova, Bernard Phlips (Naval Research Laboratory).

Laurie Waters, Russ Johns (LANL).

 

3.  CODING LANGUAGE AND COMPUTER

C++, Java, Python; Linux, Windows, and Mac OSX (C00748MNYCP02).

 

4.  NATURE OF PROBLEM SOLVED

Create and run models for Monte Carlo simulation of high energy radiation detectors in a realistic terrestrial radiation environment; analyze results of simulations.

 

5.  METHOD OF SOLUTION

Using existing Monte Carlo radiation transport codes, SWORD supplies a vertically integrated framework for creating models, assigning emission spectra, running the MC code and analyzing the results.  The user interface is independent of which MC engine (Geant 4 or MCNPX) is used.

 

6.  RESTRICTIONS OR LIMITATIONS

This is early alpha code and not function-complete.  It has been tested and has no known issues, but users should keep in mind that it is alpha code.

 

7.  TYPICAL RUNNING TIME

Varies depending on complexity of models and statistics of simulation run.

 

8.  COMPUTER HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS

Any Intel-based Windows, Linux or Mac OSX platform with at least 1 GB of RAM and 30 GB of free disk space (see software requirements)

 

9.  COMPUTER SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS

Current distribution is available as a VMware virtual appliance only. It can run under free VMware server or player (server recommended) on a Windows or Linux host or under the VMware Fusion (purchase only) on an Intel-based Mac OSX host.

 

10. REFERENCES

                        a. included in package:

“SWORD Installation and Tutorial Guide, SWORD Version 3.0-Alpha Build 2067 (8 June 2009).

“SWORD Reference Guide, SWORD Version 3.0-Alpha Build 2067 (8 June 2009).

b. background references:

E. I. Novikova,  M. S. Strickman, et al. (2006). "Designing SWORD - SoftWare for the Optimization of Radiation Detectors", IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record 1: 607-612.

C. S. Gwon, E. I. Novikova, et al. (2007). "Interacting with the SWORD package (SoftWare for the Optimization of Radiation Detectors)", IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record 2: 1130-1133.

 

11. CONTENTS OF CODE PACKAGE

Zip file (created with WinZip 11 on Windows XP) containing the virtual appliance, reference guide, and installation and tutorial guide.

 

12. DATE OF ABSTRACT

August 2008, revised June 2009.

 

KEYWORDS:   RADIATION DETECTION; SIMULATION; WEAPONS RADIATION; MONTE CARLO