Muon1 Package (Version 4.4x)
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This program simulates the pion-to-muon decay channel (grey cylinders surrounding a straight blue path) of the RAL Neutrino Factory front end design, in combination with either a magnet chicane and muon linac or a phase-rotation system.

*** To install as a screensaver, simply run muon1.scr in your Muon1 directory ***

*** To make it run automatically in the background when you boot, run muon1startup.exe ***

The file config.txt allows you to change the resolution that the graphical version runs at, and the priority level that the background version uses (where "Background" is the lowest), and various other options.  To quickly configure the program for computers with and without permanent internet connections, run the files config_net/nonet.bat, which will change the relevant settings in config.txt for you.

The program will run without graphics if started with the muon1_background.exe file, so you can use Windows as normal while it is running.  To terminate it, use the task manager to end the task "muon1".

Migrating to New Versions
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When extracting a new version, it is highly recommended to use a clean directory.  However, certain files are normally OK to transfer across - these are:

results.dat	Archived results
results.txt	Unsent results
config.txt	Configuration settings
user.txt	Username identification
sendlog.log	Log of servers used to send results

Submitting Results
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The program does this itself!  It may ask you to specify a username to begin with, or inform you periodically if there is a new version of the software available from the website.  The screen on graphical version may go blank for a few seconds while it attempts to send results, but after that should carry on normally.  The program can detect if you are connected to the internet, so if it fails to send the results file, it will try again the next time it finishes one.
If you do not want the program to upload results automatically, use config.txt to specify this, and run the file "manualsend.bat" when you have accumulated more than 100K of results (or when you wish to upgrade to a new version and submit remaining results).


More information should be available at http://stephenbrooks.org/muon1/