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ASTERISK

Polymarker item: can be used as marker type argument to the PLOT_MARKERS procedure.

Is initialised to be an asterisk, of which you can change the size and colour.


ATTACHMENT

Polymarker item: Marks the location of an attaching interaction between an electron and a gas molecule, as a result of which the electron will as a rule be lost.

This representation is used by the DRIFT_MICROSCOPIC_ELECTRON procedure.


AUGER-ELECTRON

Polyline and polymarker item: Auger electrons result from the return of an excited atom to a lower energy state by the emission of an electron rather than a photon - an mechanism known as Auger effect. The electron that is emitted may have enough energy to ionise further gas molecules, in which case these electrons look like \δ-electrons.

If an Auger electron generates secondary electrons, then a line is drawn showing its trajectory. Otherwise a marker indicates the point where it was produced.


BARCHART-1

Fill area item: used to plot the 1st bar chart in a frame.

BARCHART-2

Fill area item: used to plot the 2nd bar chart in a frame.

BARCHART-3

Fill area item: used to plot the 3rd bar chart in a frame.

BARCHART-4

Fill area item: used to plot the 4th bar chart in a frame.

BARCHART-5

Fill area item: used to plot the 5th bar chart in a frame.

BARCHART-6

Fill area item: used to plot the 6th bar chart in a frame.

BARCHART-7

Fill area item: used to plot the 7th bar chart in a frame.

BOX-TICKMARKS

Polyline and fill area item: the polyline item corresponds to the coordinate axes, the fill area item is used in 3D diagrams for the 3 backmost panels of the box.

The fill area item should in principle have an interior style of SOLID and a light colour. The colour will not be used as such - rather, various shades will be used depending on the exposition of the panel with respect to the light source.


CIRCLE

Polymarker item: can be used as marker type argument to the PLOT_MARKERS procedure.

Is initialised to be a circle, of which you can change the size and colour.


COMMENT

Polyline and text item: the polyline representation is used to clarify the graphs made by the DRIFT command by drawing a vertical separation line between sections of the graph with different drift-line status.

The text item is used for

The latter 4 areas are used for:

The PLOT_COMMENT procedure enables you to place labels of your own in the 4 area.

CONDUCTORS-1

Fill area item: conductors in the chamber as entered with the SOLIDS statement, but also the wires when asking for a 3D plot of a chamber in which the field is computed from wire locations rather than a field map.

This representation is used as such if the chamber is shown as a CUT view.

For 3D impressions, the interior style should in principle be set to SOLID. The colour is not used as such, rather various shades of it will be used depending on the exposition of the various surface panels with respect to the light source. The shades can be seen with the SHADING-MAP graphics command.

The elements of the field map are shown with a separate set of representations: MATERIAL-1, MATERIAL-2, MATERIAL-3, MATERIAL-4 and MATERIAL-5.


CONDUCTORS-2

Fill area item: conductors in the chamber as entered with the SOLIDS statement and for which a representation with this type was explicitly requested.

This representation is used as such if the chamber is shown as a CUT view.

For 3D impressions, the interior style should in principle be set to SOLID. The colour is not used as such, rather various shades of it will be used depending on the exposition of the various surface panels with respect to the light source. The shades can be seen with the SHADING-MAP graphics command.

The elements of the field map are shown with a separate set of representations: MATERIAL-1, MATERIAL-2, MATERIAL-3, MATERIAL-4 and MATERIAL-5.


CONDUCTORS-3

Fill area item: conductors in the chamber as entered with the SOLIDS statement and for which a representation with this type was explicitly requested.

This representation is used as such if the chamber is shown as a CUT view.

For 3D impressions, the interior style should in principle be set to SOLID. The colour is not used as such, rather various shades of it will be used depending on the exposition of the various surface panels with respect to the light source. The shades can be seen with the SHADING-MAP graphics command.

The elements of the field map are shown with a separate set of representations: MATERIAL-1, MATERIAL-2, MATERIAL-3, MATERIAL-4 and MATERIAL-5.


CONTOUR-HIGHLIGHT

Polyline item: the highlighted contours as made by the PLOT-FIELD commands in the field, drift and signal sections.

CONTOUR-LABELS

Text item: the function values shown on the contours plotted by PLOT-FIELD commands, if contour labelling has been requested.

CONTOUR-NORMAL

Polyline item: the normal contours as made by the PLOT-FIELD commands in the field, drift and signal sections.

CROSS

Polymarker item: can be used as marker type argument to the PLOT_MARKERS procedure.

Is initialised to be a cross, of which you can change the size and colour.


C-WIRES

Polymarker item: the wires of label C are plotted using this representation provided the WIRE-MARKERS option is in effect.

If this option is not active, then the wires will be shown with WIRES.


DASHED

Polyline item: can be used as argument in procedures such as PLOT_LINE and PLOT_ARROW whenever a polyline representation is needed.

The representation is not used by normal Garfield commands.


DASH-DOTTED

Polyline item: can be used as argument in procedures such as PLOT_LINE and PLOT_ARROW whenever a polyline representation is needed.

The representation is not used by normal Garfield commands.


DELTA-ELECTRON

Polyline and polymarker item: \δ-electrons resemble grass along the track. They result from particularly large energy transfers of the particle to an electron of a gas molecule. The electrons thus liberated from the molecule have sufficient energy to ionise further gas molecules before drifting towards the anodes.

If the \δ-electron generates several further electrons, then it will be drawn as a line, otherwise as a marker.


DIELECTRICA-1

Fill area item: the dielectric media in the chamber as entered with the SOLIDS statement.

This representation is used as such if the chamber is shown as a CUT view.

For 3D impressions, the interior style should in principle be set to SOLID. The colour is not used as such, rather various shades of it will be used depending on the exposition of the various surface panels with respect to the light source. The shades can be seen with the SHADING-MAP graphics command.

The elements of the field map are shown with a separate set of representations: MATERIAL-1, MATERIAL-2, MATERIAL-3, MATERIAL-4 and MATERIAL-5.


DIELECTRICA-2

Fill area item: the dielectric media in the chamber as entered with the SOLIDS statement and for which this representation was explicitly requested.

This representation is used as such if the chamber is shown as a CUT view.

For 3D impressions, the interior style should in principle be set to SOLID. The colour is not used as such, rather various shades of it will be used depending on the exposition of the various surface panels with respect to the light source. The shades can be seen with the SHADING-MAP graphics command.

The elements of the field map are shown with a separate set of representations: MATERIAL-1, MATERIAL-2, MATERIAL-3, MATERIAL-4 and MATERIAL-5.


DIELECTRICA-3

Fill area item: the dielectric media in the chamber as entered with the SOLIDS statement and for which this representation was explicitly requested.

This representation is used as such if the chamber is shown as a CUT view.

For 3D impressions, the interior style should in principle be set to SOLID. The colour is not used as such, rather various shades of it will be used depending on the exposition of the various surface panels with respect to the light source. The shades can be seen with the SHADING-MAP graphics command.

The elements of the field map are shown with a separate set of representations: MATERIAL-1, MATERIAL-2, MATERIAL-3, MATERIAL-4 and MATERIAL-5.


DOT

Polymarker item: can be used as marker type argument to the PLOT_MARKERS procedure.

Is initialised to be a dot, of which you can change the representation.


DOTTED

Polyline item: can be used as argument in procedures such as PLOT_LINE and PLOT_ARROW whenever a polyline representation is needed.

The representation is not used by normal Garfield commands.


E-DRIFT-LINE

Polyline item: Electron drift-lines.

ELASTIC

Polymarker item: Marks the location of an elastic interaction between an electron and a gas molecule. During such interactions, electrons neither lose nor gain energy, they are not lost and they do not produce additional electrons.

This representation is used by the DRIFT_MICROSCOPIC_ELECTRON procedure.


ERROR-BAND

Polyline and fill area: Error bands plotted with the PLOT_ERROR_BAND procedure call.

ERROR-BAR

Polyline and fill area: Error bars plotted with the PLOT_ERROR_BAR and PLOT_OBLIQUE_ERROR_BAR procedure calls. Although usually called by the user, these procedures are also used by the fitting routines when making graphs.

Colour combinations offering good contrast include:


EXCITATION

Polymarker item: Marks the location of an inelastic interaction between an electron and a gas molecule which leave the gas molecule in an excited state. The electrons lose energy in such interactions, but they do not produce additional electrons and they are not lost either.

Inelastic interactions that do not lead to an excited state are plotted with the INELASTIC representation.

This representation is used by the DRIFT_MICROSCOPIC_ELECTRON procedure.


FUNCTION-1

Polyline, polymarker, text and fill area item:

The polyline and polymarker items are used for the primary graph in almost every graph that Garfield makes.

The text and fill area items are not used by Garfield, and are mainly provided for use with user procedure calls. Usually, all items are set to share the same colour so as to make it clear that they belong together.

This representation is commonly used in scripts.


FUNCTION-2

Polyline, polymarker, text and fill area item:

The polyline and polymarker types are used for the secondary graph in a plot, for instance the integrated diffusion in the x(t) plot or the transverse diffusion in the gas plots.

The text and fill area items are not used by Garfield, and are mainly provided for use with user procedure calls. Usually, all items are set to share the same colour so as to make it clear that they belong together.

This representation is commonly used in scripts.


FUNCTION-3

Polyline, polymarker, text and fill area item:

The polyline and polymarker types are used in a few plots where one needs 3 graphs in the same plot, such as the drift velocity graphs.

The text and fill area items are not used by Garfield, and are mainly provided for use with user procedure calls. Usually, all items are set to share the same colour so as to make it clear that they belong together.

This representation is commonly used in scripts.


FUNCTION-4

Polyline, polymarker, text and fill area item:

The polyline type is used for the cross section and energy distribution plots of Magboltz. The other types are not used by Garfield.

This representation is commonly used in scripts.


FUNCTION-5

Polyline, polymarker, text and fill area item: not yet used by Garfield, can be used for user plots.

FUNCTION-6

Polyline, polymarker, text and fill area item: not yet used by Garfield, can be used for user plots.

FUNCTION-7

Polyline, polymarker, text and fill area item: not yet used by Garfield, can be used for user plots.

GOTHIC

Text item: intended for user applications, the font of the representation is set to Gothic.

Not all graphics systems will recognise this representation.


GOTHIC-ITALIC

Text item: intended for user applications, the font of the representation is set to Gothic italics.

Not all graphics systems will recognise this representation.


GREEK

Text item: intended for user applications, the font of the representation is set to Greek characters.

Not all graphics systems will recognise this representation.


GRID

Polyline used to draw the coordinate grid on the plots.

The grid is shown only if the GRID graphics option is in effect.


HISTOGRAM-1

Polyline item: used to plot the 1st histogram in a frame.

HISTOGRAM-2

Polyline item: used to plot the 2nd histogram in a frame.

HISTOGRAM-3

Polyline item: used to plot the 3rd histogram in a frame.

HISTOGRAM-4

Polyline item: used to plot the 4th histogram in a frame.

HISTOGRAM-5

Polyline item: used to plot the 5th histogram in a frame.

HISTOGRAM-6

Polyline item: used to plot the 6th histogram in a frame.

HISTOGRAM-7

Polyline item: used to plot the 7th histogram in a frame.

INELASTIC

Polymarker item: Marks the location of an inelastic interaction between an electron and a gas molecule. Electrons lose energy in such interactions, but they do not produce additional electrons and they are not lost either.

Inelastic interactions that lead to an excited state are plotted with the EXCITATION representation.

This representation is used by the DRIFT_MICROSCOPIC_ELECTRON procedure.


IONISATION

Polymarker item: Marks the location of an ionising interaction between an electron and a gas molecule as a result of which in general one or more additional electrons are created.

This representation is used by the DRIFT_MICROSCOPIC_ELECTRON procedure.


ION-DRIFT-LINE

Polyline item: used for ion drift-lines.

ISOCHRON

Polyline and polymarker item: the isochrons in a drift line plot.

With the initial default settings, i.e. when the DRAW-ISOCHRONS option is on, an attempt is made to link the points on an isochron with lines.

When a point on an isochron can not be linked to another point of the same contour, and also when the MARK-ISOCHRONS option is on, a marker is plotted on the drift-line.


LABELS

Text item: the labels along the axes. This item is also used for the '10\<SUP\>n\</SUP\>' part of the scaling factor, the exponent is plotted with the item NUMBERS.

The location of the labels can be adjusted using the LAYOUT command.

All graphs produced with normal commands have labels along their axes. Usually, you have no influence on the text shown there. However, you can make these labels invisible by setting the text colour to BACKGROUND and put other labels in place with the help of the PLOT_X_LABEL and PLOT_Y_LABEL procedures.


MATERIAL-1

Fill area item: used with field maps to draw the area covered by the material with the lowest dielectric constant.

The materials are only shown when PLOT-MAP has been requested in the FIELD-MAP command.

Solids are shown with a separate set of representations: DIELECTRICA-1, DIELECTRICA-2, DIELECTRICA-3, CONDUCTORS-1, CONDUCTORS-2 and CONDUCTORS-3.


MATERIAL-2

Fill area item: used with field maps to draw the area covered by the material with the 2nd lowest dielectric constant.

The materials are only shown when PLOT-MAP has been requested in the FIELD-MAP command.

Solids are shown with a separate set of representations: DIELECTRICA-1, DIELECTRICA-2, DIELECTRICA-3, CONDUCTORS-1, CONDUCTORS-2 and CONDUCTORS-3.


MATERIAL-3

Fill area item: used with field maps to draw the area covered by the material with the 3rd lowest dielectric constant.

The materials are only shown when PLOT-MAP has been requested in the FIELD-MAP command.

Solids are shown with a separate set of representations: DIELECTRICA-1, DIELECTRICA-2, DIELECTRICA-3, CONDUCTORS-1, CONDUCTORS-2 and CONDUCTORS-3.


MATERIAL-4

Fill area item: used with field maps to draw the area covered by the material with the 4th lowest dielectric constant.

The materials are only shown when PLOT-MAP has been requested in the FIELD-MAP command.

Solids are shown with a separate set of representations: DIELECTRICA-1, DIELECTRICA-2, DIELECTRICA-3, CONDUCTORS-1, CONDUCTORS-2 and CONDUCTORS-3.


MATERIAL-5

Fill area item: used with field maps to draw the area covered by the material with other dielectric constants.

The materials are only shown when PLOT-MAP has been requested in the FIELD-MAP command.

Solids are shown with a separate set of representations: DIELECTRICA-1, DIELECTRICA-2, DIELECTRICA-3, CONDUCTORS-1, CONDUCTORS-2 and CONDUCTORS-3.


MESSAGE

Text item: used for graphics messages. The most common examples are:

NUMBERS

Text item: the numbers along the coordinate axes. This item also covers the exponent if the scale is more than 1 decade.

OTHER-WIRES

Polymarker item: the wires with label other than S, P and C are plotted using this representation if the WIRE-MARKERS option is in effect.

If this option is not active, then the wires will be shown with WIRES.


OUTLINE

Polyline item: the outer limits of the solids as shown in 3D and CUT type plots if the OUTLINE option is in effect.

OUTSIDE-AREA

Fill area item: used for areas in CUT type layout plots which are not part of the area box.

PHOTON

Polyline and polymarker item: When a particle ionises a gas molecule, the molecule can return to its ground state by emitting a photon, which can be absorbed further on by another gas molecule.

PLANES

Polyline and fill area item: the planes as entered in the cell section with the PLANE statement. The fill area item is used in 3D layouts, the polyline item is used for other projections and the outlines.

Strips on the planes, if defined, are shown using the STRIPS representation.

The fill area representation should in principle be set to SOLID. The colour is not used as such, rather various shades of it will be used depending on the exposition of the various surface panels with respect to the light source. The shades can be examined with the SHADING-MAP graphics command.


PLUS

Polymarker item: can be used as marker type argument to the PLOT_MARKERS procedure.

Is initialised to be a plus sign, of which you can change the size and colour.


PRESTIGE

Text item: intended for user applications, the font of the representation is set to Prestige Elite.

Not all graphics systems will recognise this representation.


P-WIRES

Polymarker item: the wires of label P are plotted using this representation provided the WIRE-MARKERS option is in effect.

If this option is not active, then the wires will be shown with WIRES.


SOLID

Polyline item: can be used as argument in procedures such as PLOT_LINE and PLOT_ARROW whenever a polyline representation is needed.

The representation is not used by normal Garfield commands, but serves as default for several procedures.


STRIPS

Polyline and fill area item: the strips of the planes and the tubes as entered in the cell section with the PLANE and TUBE statements. The fill area item is used in 3D layouts, the polyline item is used for other projections and the outlines.

The planes themselves and the tube are shown using the PLANES and TUBE representation.

The fill area representation should in principle be set to SOLID. The colour is not used as such, rather various shades of it will be used depending on the exposition of the various surface panels with respect to the light source. The shades can be examined with the SHADING-MAP graphics command.


SUPER-ELASTIC

Polymarker item: Marks the location of a super-elastic interaction between an electron and a gas molecule. These are interactions in which the electron gains energy.

This representation is used by the DRIFT_MICROSCOPIC_ELECTRON procedure.


S-WIRES

Polymarker item: the wires with label S are plotted using this representation provided the WIRE-MARKERS option is in effect.

If this option is not active, then the wires will be shown with WIRES.


TIMES-ITALIC

Text item: intended for user applications, the font of the representation is set to Times italics.

Not all graphics systems will recognise this representation.


TIMES-ROMAN

Text item: intended for user applications, the font of the representation is set to Times roman.

Not all graphics systems will recognise this representation.


TITLE

Text item: the global title of the plot.

All graphs produced with normal commands have a title at the top. Usually, you have no influence on the text shown there. However, you can make the title invisible by setting the text colour to BACKGROUND and put another title in place with the help of the PLOT_TITLE procedure.

The location of the title can be adjusted using the LAYOUT command.


TRACK

Polyline and polymarker item: This can be either of 2 things:

The two kinds of tracks coincide unless

In both cases, the track can be a point in some circumstances. In that event, a marker is used rather than a line.


TUBE

Polyline item: the tube enclosing the wires. The tube is entered in the cell section with the TUBE statement. The fill area item is used in 3D layouts, the polyline item is used for other projections and the outlines.

Strips on the tube, if defined, are shown using the STRIPS representation.

The fill area representation should in principle be set to SOLID. The colour is not used as such, rather various shades of it will be used depending on the exposition of the various surface panels with respect to the light source. The shades can be examined with the SHADING-MAP graphics command.


WIRES

Fill area item: Wires are, unless the WIRE-MARKERS option is active, plotted as areas to allow them to be picked in the GRAPHICS-INPUT instruction. Note that, by default, the wires are plotted as hollow circles. This might give the false impression that this is a polyline item.

If the WIRE-MARKERS option is active, then wires are shown using C-WIRES, OTHER-WIRES, P-WIRES or S-WIRES as appropriate.


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