Gallery of figures, diagrams, and tables I have made

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This page serves as a gallery of some of my favorite figures, diagrams, charts, tables, and other visual aids and representations of data that I have generated using Python (using Matplotlib unless stated otherwise) or LaTeX (TikZ and MetaPost). The items are grouped by what projects of mine (Ph.D. work and DCHAIN work) they are most closely associated with, and they are loosely ordered, first featuring my very favorites for each project. For each item, brief descriptions and links to where greater context can be found are provided. (The publications page also contains relevant links.)

Last updated: 8 March 2021



TitleComplete experiment diagram
Made withLaTeX (TikZ and MetaPost)
ContextMy Ph.D. work [1]
DescriptionSchematic showing the beam, target, detector, and shadow bar configurations of the experiment in my PhD work.



TitleBeam stopping table
Made withLaTeX
ContextMy Ph.D. work [1]
DescriptionTable designating the stopping locations of beams for each beam and target combination.



TitleEnergy-dependent neutron production distribution
Made withPython
ContextMy Ph.D. work [1]
DescriptionPHITS simulation results showing median production location and smallest band containing 80% of neutrons as a function of neutron energy, beam, and primary target.



TitleDetector logic diagram
Made withLaTeX (TikZ)
ContextMy Ph.D. work [1]
DescriptionDiagram of the experiment’s detector logic.



TitleRebinning algorithm diagram
Made withLaTeX (TikZ)
ContextMy Ph.D. work [1]
DescriptionDiagram of the rebinning algorithm I developed for time-of-flight neutron results.



TitleScintillator response matrix
Made withPython
ContextMy Ph.D. work [1]
DescriptionLight response function of the 5” x 5” organic liquid scintillators to incident neutrons.



TitleScintillator light production
Made withLaTeX (MetaPost)
ContextMy Ph.D. work [1]
DescriptionDiagram illustrating light production in an organic scintillator, electron multiplication in the photomultiplier, and the resulting signal.



TitleCoordinates involved in solid angle calculations
Made withLaTeX (TikZ)
ContextMy Ph.D. work [1]
DescriptionDiagram illustrating the various points, distances, and angles involved in calculating detector solid angles.



TitleSolid angle for upstream versus downstream detectors
Made withLaTeX (TikZ)
ContextMy Ph.D. work [1]
DescriptionDiagram illustrating how the minimum and maximum solid angles differ for upstream and downstream detectors.



TitleNeutron spectra plot made using SHAEDIT
Made withPython
ContextMy Ph.D. work [1]
DescriptionExperimental and simulated neutron spectra from a select beam and target combination for all detector angles, generated using the SHAEDIT tool (interactive Jupyter notebook) that I wrote.



TitleEffective neutron dose by target
Made withPython
ContextMy Ph.D. work [1]
DescriptionEffective dose at 10o from neutrons from each target with results from each beam combined, weighted by abundance in the galactic cosmic ray spectrum.



TitleComparison of modeled to experimental neutron results
Made withPython
ContextMy Ph.D. work [1]
DescriptionRatio of simulated (with MCNP and PHITS) to experimental neutron spectra for all neutrons observed from the upstream target across all beams, targets, and detectors.



TitleCylindrical coordinate system
Made withLaTeX (TikZ)
ContextMy Ph.D. work [1]
DescriptionDiagram of cylindrical coordinate system superimposed on a detector.



TitleSpacecraft versus terrestrial shieling
Made withLaTeX (TikZ)
ContextMy Ph.D. work [1]
DescriptionSmall diagram illustrating the difference in shielding scenarios common in space versus tradiational ones on earth.



TitleBunny activated by carbon ion radiotherapy
Made withPython (PyVista)
ContextMy work improving the DCHAIN-PHITS code [1]
DescriptionActivity of a rabbit immediately after a feasible carbon ion treatment, calculated with PHITS and DCHAIN.



TitleNuclide coverage and differences in DCHAIN’s updated decay library
Made withPython
ContextMy work improving the DCHAIN-PHITS code [1]
DescriptionFigure showing what nuclides were new or had a notable change in decay data when updating from the old to modern decay data library.



TitleVolume of activation cross section libraries in DCHAIN
Made withPython
ContextMy work improving the DCHAIN-PHITS code [1]
DescriptionBar chart showing the number of nuclides and activation cross sections in each of the cross section libraries in DCHAIN-PHITS.



TitlePerformance of DCHAIN’s updated positron emission rate estimator
Made withPython
ContextMy work improving the DCHAIN-PHITS code [1]
DescriptionPlot showing functionality of positron emission rate per competing electron capture/beta plus decay with Q and A for nuclides with this data available (points) and the model used to predict it when data is absent (background color overlay).



TitleDCHAIN time inputs diagram
Made withLaTeX (TikZ)
ContextMy work improving the DCHAIN-PHITS code [1]
DescriptionDiagram explaining the DCHAIN and PHITS parameters for irradiation schedule and output times in a DCHAIN simulation.



TitlePHITS User Map [last updated: 2021-03-08]
Made withPython (Pygal + my own custom SVG code)
ContextMy work with the PHITS group [most up-to-date charts]
DescriptionWorld map showing the number of PHITS users per country registered after 1 April 2019 (with version 3.10 or newer), generated with an in-house tool I developed which uses an interface made with PySimpleGUI.
I made a more-generalized public version of this tool as well which is described at length and demonstrated in this article.