eDISK Distribution Page

What is it?:

eDISK is an interactive tool to learn/experience/calculate the kinematic of Deep Inelastic Scattering (DIS). The kinematics of a DIS event is, while mathematically well described, not necessarily intuitive for non-experts. What is the scattering angle of the electron and what is its energy for a given x and Q²? Or, what is x and y for a given angle and energy of the scattered quark? What is the range of energies and angles for the kinematic region I am interested in? If you are in need for a simple way of finding answers to these questions, eDISK is for you. It not only calculates all relevant variables interactively but also visualizes the event for you. Click here for a screen shot of eDISK in action.

Legal Notes:

eDISK is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
Copyright 2008 Thomas S. Ullrich

Supported Platforms

eDISK is currently supported on: Windows XP/Vista, MAC OS X , and Red Hat Linux/Scientific Linux
It will certainly run on different Linux flavors and Windows versions but I have no time to support any other platform than the ones listed above.

Version 1.03 (First Release)

Windows (Setup program to install binary version)

Mac OS X (universal: PPC and Intel) (Zipped installer package for binary version)

Source (Tar ball - allows to build executable on all platforms, required Qt4.3 or higher)

Linux/X11: RPM for Linux comes soon (until then - build it from the source)

by tu