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

14.30  The StatisticalChopper McStas Component

Statistical (correlation) Chopper

Identification

Description

This component is a statistical chopper based on a pseudo random sequence that the user can specify. Inspired from DiskChopper, it should be used with SatisticalChopper_Monitor component.

Example: StatisticalChopper(nu=1487*60/255) use default sequence

Input parameters

Parameters in boldface are required; the others are optional.

Name

Unit

Description

Default

radius

m

Radius of the disc

0.5

yheight

m

Slit height (if = 0, equal to radius). Auto centering of beam at half height.

0

nu

Hz

Frequency of the Chopper, omega=2*PI*nu

jitter

s

Jitter in the time phase

0

delay

s

Time ’delay’.

0

isfirst

0/1

Set it to 1 for the first chopper position in a cw source

0

abs_out

0/1

Absorb neutrons hitting outside of chopper radius?

1

phase

deg

Angular ’delay’ (overrides delay)

0

verbose

1

Set to 1 to display Disk chopper configuration

0

n_pulse

1

Number of pulses (Only if isfirst)

1

sequence

str

Slit sequence around disk, with 0=closed, 1=open positions.

"NULL"

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