Component Manual for the Neutron Ray-Tracing Package McStas, version 3.8.6

14.15  The Guide_honeycomb McStas Component

Neutron guide with gravity and honeycomb geometry. Can be channeled and focusing.

Identification

Description

Models a honeycomb guide tube centered on the Z axis. The entrance lies in the X-Y plane. Gravitation applies also when reaching the guide input window. The guide can be channeled (hexagonal channel section; nslit,d parameters). The guide coating specifications may be entered via different ways (global, or for each wall m-value). For details on the geometry calculation see the description in the McStas reference manual.

Example: Guide_honeycomb(w1=0.1, w2=0.1, l=12,

R0=0.99, Qc=0.0219, alpha=6.07, m=1.0, W=0.003, nslit=1, d=0.0005)

Input parameters

Parameters in boldface are required; the others are optional.

Name

Unit

Description

Default

w1

m

Width at the guide entry

w2

m

Width at the guide exit. If zero, sets w2=w1.

0

l

m

length of guide

R0

1

Low-angle reflectivity

0.995

Qc

Å\(^{-1}\)

Critical scattering vector

0.0218

alpha

Å

Slope of reflectivity

4.38

m

1

m-value of material. Zero means completely absorbing.

1.0

W

Å\(^{-1}\)

Width of supermirror cut-off

0.003

nslit

1

Number of horizontal channels in the guide (>= 1) [1]

1

d

m

Thickness of subdividing walls [0]

0.0005

mleftup

1

m-value of material for leftup. oblique mirror

-1

mrightup

1

m-value of material for rightdown. oblique mirror

-1

mleftdown

1

m-value of material for rightdown. oblique mirror

-1

mrightdown

1

m-value of material for leftup. oblique mirror

-1

mleft

1

m-value of material for left. vertical mirror

-1

mright

1

m-value of material for right. vertical mirror

-1

G

m/s\(^{2}\)

Gravitation norm. 0 value disables G effects.

0

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