Computer Physics Communications 183 (2012) 2470–2479 Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirect Computer Physics Communications journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/cpc A parameterization of nuclear track profiles in CR-39 detector ✩ A.A. Azooz a,∗ , S.H. Al-Nia’emi b , M.A. Al-Jubbori b a Department of Physics, College of Science, Mosul University, Iraq b Department of Physics, College of Education, Mosul University, Iraq article info Article history: Received 30 September 2011 Received in revised form 6 May 2012 Accepted 15 June 2012 Available online 27 June 2012 Keywords: CR-39 Track profile Track etching rate Alpha particles tracks Protons tracks abstract In this work, the empirical parameterization describing the alpha particles’ track depth in CR-39 detect- ors is extended to describe longitudinal track profiles against etching time for protons and alpha particles. MATLAB based software is developed for this purpose. The software calculates and plots the depth, diameter, range, residual range, saturation time, and etch rate versus etching time. The software predictions are compared with other experimental data and with results of calculations using the original software, TRACK_TEST, developed for alpha track calculations. The software related to this work is freely downloadable and performs calculations for protons in addition to alpha particles. Program summary Program title: CR39 Catalog identifier: AENA_v1_0 Program summary URL: http://cpc.cs.qub.ac.uk/summaries/AENA_v1_0.html Program obtainable from: CPC Program Library, Queen’s University, Belfast, N. Ireland Licensing provisions: Copyright (c) 2011, Aasim Azooz All rights reserved. Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met • Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. • Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution This software is provided by the copyright holders and contributors ‘‘as is’’ and any express or implied warranties, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose are disclaimed. In no event shall the copyright owner or contributors be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, exemplary, or consequential damages (including, but not limited to, procurement of substitute goods or services; loss of use, data, or profits; or business interruption) however caused and on any theory of liability, whether in contract, strict liability, or tort (including negligence or otherwise) arising in any way out of the use of this software, even if advised of the possibility of such damage. No. of lines in distributed program, including test data, etc.: 15598 No. of bytes in distributed program, including test data, etc.: 3933244 Distribution format: tar.gz Programming language: MATLAB. Computer: Any Desktop or Laptop. Operating system: Windows 1998 or above (with MATLAB R13 or above installed). RAM: 512 Megabytes or higher Classification: 17.5. Nature of problem: ✩ This paper and its associated computer program are available via the Computer Physics Communication homepage on ScienceDirect (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00104655). ∗ Corresponding author. E-mail address: aasimazooz1@yahoo.com (A.A. Azooz). 0010-4655/$ – see front matter © 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. doi:10.1016/j.cpc.2012.06.011