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USCD1216 PSYCHE-8.00.
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USCD1216 PSYCHE-8.00.

PSYCHE-8.00, ENDF/B Data Consistency Check in ENDF Format

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1. NAME OR DESIGNATION OF PROGRAM:  PSYCHE-8.00
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2. COMPUTERS

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Program name Package id Status Status date
PSYCHE-8.00 USCD1216/08 Tested 16-DEC-2009

Machines used:

Package ID Orig. computer Test computer
USCD1216/08 Many Computers Linux-based PC,PC Windows
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3. DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM OR FUNCTION

PSYCHE is a program  for checking the physics content of an evaluated data file. It can recognise the difference between ENDF-5 or ENDF-6 formats and performs its tests accordingly.
USCD1216/08
New version differs from previous version in the following features
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This version corrects all bugs reported to NNDC as of February 1, 2009 and
supersede all previous releases.

Version 8.00   August  2008     A. Trkov
               1. Major updating of the code.
               2. Further reduction of non-essential output.
               3. Read real variables in double precision to avoid reporting
                  errors reading small numbers.
               4. Implement extended features of the format endorsed by CSEWG.
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4. METHOD OF SOLUTION

PSYCHE checks for energy conservation for emitted neutrons and photons, checks Wick's limit for elastic scattering, analyses resonance parameter statistics, calculates thermal cross sections and resonance integrals, examines continuity across resonance region boundaries and checks "Q" values against mass tables.
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6. TYPICAL RUNNING TIME:  Test cases ran in a few seconds.
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8. RELATED AND AUXILIARY PROGRAMS:  ENDF UTILITY CODES (USCD1235)
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9. STATUS
Package ID Status date Status
USCD1216/08 16-DEC-2009 Tested at NEADB
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10. REFERENCES
USCD1216/08, included references:
- C. L. Dunford:
ENDF Utility Codes Release 7.01/02
Release 7.01- April 27, 2005
Release 7.02 (FIZCON & PSYCHE only) - May 31, 2005
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11. HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS: MACHINE REQUIREMENTS
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12. PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE(S) USED
Package ID Computer language
USCD1216/08 FORTRAN-95
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13. OPERATING SYSTEM UNDER WHICH PROGRAM IS EXECUTED:  Open VMS, Windows and Unix/Linux.
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14. OTHER PROGRAMMING OR OPERATING INFORMATION OR RESTRICTIONS

In addition to the batch mode version of each program, there are three interactive versions, one for WINDOWS compiled using HP Visual Fortran, one for OpenVMS and one for UNIX compiled using the Lahey Fortran-95 Compiler. These versions prompt the user for each piece of input data instead of reading it from an input file.
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15. NAME AND ESTABLISHMENT OF AUTHORS

   Charles L. DUNFORD
   National Nuclear Data Center
   Building 197D
   Brookhaven National Laboratory
   P.O. Box 5000
   Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA
and
   Dr. Andrej TRKOV
   Institute Jozef Stefan
   Jamova 39
   1000 Ljubljana
   SLOVENIA
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16. MATERIAL AVAILABLE
USCD1216/08
endf_util7p01.doc  Program manual in Word
endf.dat  Input test file
Psyche.out  Output test file
Psyche.f  Fortran source file  
psyche-linux-32Author's executable for Linux 32 bit
psyche-linux-64Author's executable for Linux 64 bit
psyche-windows-32.exe  Author's executable for DOS 32 bit
\DOS:
psyche-aut.out    Output file from author's exe
psyche-nea.exe    NEA exe file
psyche-nea.out    Output file from NEA's exe
\Linux:
psyche-aut-l.out  Output file from author's exe
psyche-nea-l  NEA exe file
psyche-nea-l. outOutput file from NEA's exe
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17. CATEGORIES
  • A. Cross Section and Resonance Integral Calculations
  • M. Data Management

Keywords: ENDF/B, cross sections, resonance integrals, thermal neutrons.