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Manuscript Title: PDSW: A Program for the Calculation of Photon Energy Distribution in Seawater
Authors: D.S. Vlachos, T.E. Simos
Program title: PDSW
Catalogue identifier: ADWW_v1_0
Distribution format: tar.gz
Journal reference: Comput. Phys. Commun. 174(2006)391
Programming language: MATLAB.
Computer: x86.
Operating system: Windows.
RAM: 10MB
Word size: 32
Keywords: photon distribution, seawater.
PACS: 29.30.Kv, 29.40.Mc.
Classification: 17.4.

Nature of problem:
Calculation of photon energy distribution in seawater taking into account the photoelectric effect, the Compton scattering and the pair production effect

Solution method:
Analytical calculation of the continuity equation for photon energy distribution in seawater and numerical integration of this equation in equilibrium

Restrictions:
Very small resolution results in large memory requirements and high execution time

Running time:
(Maximum energy-minimum resolution) 20sec