how to define a type of particle for source

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Hi guys,

First of all, I would be grateful to all contributors for the openmc project. I am working on a medical nuclear reaction based on accelerators (in my case is cyclotron) typically which called radiopharmaceutical production. I would like to simulate the nuclear reaction which caused by a 15MeV proton beam bombards on a solid target. The products will be observed. Therefore I would like to know how to set/define a type of particle such as a proton, deuteron which is used as an openmc’s source.

Thank you in advance for replying my question.

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At present, OpenMC does not support proton or other charged particle transport. Our developmental version has photon transport and a thick-target bremsstrahlung model for handling electrons, but we don’t have the ability to transport e-, p, or d. If you’re interested in such a capability, I would suggest opening an issue on our GitHub repository to keep track of it.

Best regards,
Paul