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On Fri, 12 Mar 2004 15:08:05 -0800, Jack Twilley
<jmt+use### [at] twilley org> wrote:
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>I have been wondering how useful POV-Ray would be in tracing gamma
>rays instead of visible light. This could be useful for modeling
>gamma ray shielding and gamma ray buildup. Reflection, refraction,
>and dispersion are very similar between the two types of EM radiation,
>as far as I can see. Obviously, I'd have to create my own material
>definitions and I'd only be able to test one energy level at a time,
>but #ifdef's would help with that. The biggest obstruction I can see
>is how to associate exposure levels with brightnesses, but I imagine
>that could be done by creating very simple scenes matching calibrated
>environments with accurate tested values.
>
>Any thoughts?
>
>Jack.
Straight away I believe the problem is that POV-Ray has no concept of
wavelength when it comes to light. The photon modelling that POV does
is particle based.
As usual, people, please correct me if I'm wrong.
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