Program History
This is the
Convolution
approximation for
swift
Particles
(CasP)
CasP beta-version 1.0(January 2000)
CasP version 1.0(March 2000)
- The first public (bug free?) version of the program.
CasP version 1.1(October 2000)
- Improved mean-charge-state formulas for gases and solids
- Minor changes for input and data display
CasP version 1.2(October 2001)
- New projectile charge-state and screening options:
CHARGE-STATE SCAN for equilibrium energy losses
GENERAL projectile screening for non-equilibrium energy losses (scaled DHFS potential)
- Minor changes for output and data storage (STORE electron density)
CasP version 2.1(December 2003)
- New projectile-electron loss (energy losses due to projectile ionization and excitation) option
- Improved fit formulas with shell effects for projectile charge-states in solids (uncertainty is now reduced from dq = 0.54 to 0.28 charge units and from 2.3% to 1.6%)
- Improved accuracy for CHARGE-STATE SCAN option
- Improved periodic table for projectile/target selection
CasP version 2.2(March 2004)
- Slightly improved fit formulas with shell effects for projectile charge-states in gases (uncertainty is now reduced from dq = 0.48 to 0.46 charge units and from 2.6% to 2.3%)
- Improved accuracy for CHARGE-STATE SCAN option (depends now on accuracy parameter) and, thanks to H.Paul, bug for light ions (H, He) is removed
CasP version 3.0(April 2004)
- Improved low-energy behavior due to new SHELL CORRECTION option.
- Improved accuracy for deeply bound inner shells.
CasP version 3.1(August 2004)
- Implementation of extended Bragg’s additivity rule for compounds.
- New solid/gas target selection.
- Improved accuracy for the kernel integration in the case of K shells of very heavy atoms such as Uranium.