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USCD1200 QCALC.

QCALC, Reaction and Decay Q-Values, Threshold Energies from Atomic Masses

NAME OR DESIGNATION OF PROGRAM, COMPUTER, DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM OR FUNCTION, METHOD OF SOLUTION, RESTRICTIONS ON THE COMPLEXITY OF THE PROBLEM, TYPICAL RUNNING TIME, UNUSUAL FEATURES OF THE PROGRAM, RELATED AND AUXILIARY PROGRAMS, STATUS, REFERENCES, MACHINE REQUIREMENTS, LANGUAGE, OPERATING SYSTEM UNDER WHICH PROGRAM IS EXECUTED, OTHER PROGRAMMING OR OPERATING INFORMATION OR RESTRICTIONS, NAME AND ESTABLISHMENT OF AUTHORS, MATERIAL, CATEGORIES
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1. NAME OR DESIGNATION OF PROGRAM:  QCALC.
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2. COMPUTERS
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Program name Package id Status Status date
QCALC USCD1200/01 Tested 02-FEB-1995

Machines used:

Package ID Orig. computer Test computer
USCD1200/01 VAX under VMS DEC VAX 6000
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3. DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM OR FUNCTION

QCALC is an interactive program which allows to calculate reaction Q-values and threshold energies and decay Q-values based on the Atomic Mass Evaluation (see references) and to retrieve other quantities contained in this evaluation.
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4. METHOD OF SOLUTION:
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5. RESTRICTIONS ON THE COMPLEXITY OF THE PROBLEM

The program is specifically a VMS and Open-VMS program making extensive use of the  DEC Screen Manager Library. It is not designed as a general ENSDF utility code.
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6. TYPICAL RUNNING TIME:
USCD1200/01
The program works interactively.
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7. UNUSUAL FEATURES OF THE PROGRAM

For reaction Q-values, ranges of reaction targets and reaction types may be selected. For decay Q-values, ranges of parent nuclides or decay modes may be selected.
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8. RELATED AND AUXILIARY PROGRAMS:
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9. STATUS
Package ID Status date Status
USCD1200/01 02-FEB-1995 Tested at NEADB
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10. REFERENCES

-  G. Audi, A.H. Wapstra:
   "The 1993 Atomic Mass Evaluation.
    (I) Atomic Mass Table"
   Nucl Phys. A565, 1 (1993)
- G. Audi, A.H. Wapstra:
   "The 1993 Atomic Mass Evaluation.
    (II) Nuclear-Reaction and Separation Energies."
   Nucl Phys. A565, 66 (1993)
- C. Borcea, G. Audi, A.H. Wapstra, P. Favaron:
   "The 1993 Atomic Mass Evaluation.
    (III) Separation and Decay Energies. Graphs of Systematic
    Trends"
   Nucl Phys. A565, 158 (1993)
- G. Audi, A.H. Wapstra, M. Dedieu:
   "The 1993 Atomic Mass Evaluation.
    (IV) Evaluation of Input Data, Adjustment Procedures"
   Nucl Phys. A565, 193 (1993)
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11. MACHINE REQUIREMENTS:
USCD1200/01
The program was installed by NEA-DB on a DEC VAX-6000-510 computer.
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12. PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE(S) USED
Package ID Computer language
USCD1200/01 FORTRAN-77
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13. OPERATING SYSTEM UNDER WHICH PROGRAM IS EXECUTED:
USCD1200/01
The program was executed by NEA-DB under VAX/VMS 5.5-2.
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14. OTHER PROGRAMMING OR OPERATING INFORMATION OR RESTRICTIONS

The program makes extensive use of the VAX/VMS Screen Manager Library and is therefore not easily transportable to other platforms.
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15. NAME AND ESTABLISHMENT OF AUTHORS

     Thomas Burrows
     National Nuclear Data Center
     Brookhaven National Laboratory
     UPTON, NY 11973, U. S. A.
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16. MATERIAL AVAILABLE
USCD1200/01
File name File description Records
USCD1200_01.001 Information file 98
USCD1200_01.002 Author's information file 117
USCD1200_01.003 Fortran source to create the ISAM files 408
USCD1200_01.004 Fortran source to calculate and retrieve 10412
USCD1200_01.005 Fortran source subprogram library 11121
USCD1200_01.006 Fortran source inclusions file 66
USCD1200_01.007 Information file for data files 152
USCD1200_01.008 Table of measured masses 2690
USCD1200_01.009 Recommended Masses 2690
USCD1200_01.010 Measured reaction and separation energies 1 2690
USCD1200_01.011 Recommended reaction & separation energies 1 2690
USCD1200_01.012 Measured reaction and separation energies 2 2690
USCD1200_01.013 Recommended reaction & separation energies 2 2690
USCD1200_01.014 For creation of Help library 659
USCD1200_01.015 Auxiliary file for Help library 1 7
USCD1200_01.016 Auxiliary file for Help library 2 4
USCD1200_01.017 Auxiliary file for Help library 3 8
USCD1200_01.018 Auxiliary file for Help library 4 6
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17. CATEGORIES
  • A. Cross Section and Resonance Integral Calculations

Keywords: decay heat, mass balance, nuclear reaction yield, nuclear reactions, radioactive decay.