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

14.70  The Spot_sample McStas Component

Spot sample.

Identification

Description

A sample that is a series of delta functions in omega and Q. The Q is determined by a two theta value and an equal number of spots around the beam center. This component is a variation of the V sample written by Kim Lefmann and Kristian Nielsen. The following text comes from their original component. A Double-cylinder shaped incoherent scatterer (a V-sample) No multiple scattering. Absorbtion included. The shape of the sample may be a box with dimensions xwidth, yheight, zthick. The area to scatter to is a disk of radius ’focus_r’ situated at the target. This target area may also be rectangular if specified focus_xw and focus_yh or focus_aw and focus_ah, respectively in meters and degrees. The target itself is either situated according to given coordinates (x,y,z), or setting the relative target_index of the component to focus at (next is +1). This target position will be set to its AT position. When targeting to centered components, such as spheres or cylinders, define an Arm component where to focus at.

Example: spot_sample(radius_o=0.01, h=0.05, pack = 1, xwidth=0, yheight=0, zthick=0, Eideal=100.0,w=50.0,two_theta=25.0,n_spots=4)

Input parameters

Parameters in boldface are required; the others are optional.

Name

Unit

Description

Default

radius_o

m

Outer radius of sample in (x,z) plane

0.01

h

m

Height of sample y direction

0.05

pack

1

Packing factor

1

xwidth

m

horiz. dimension of sample, as a width

0

yheight

m

vert.. dimension of sample, as a height

0

zthick

m

thickness of sample

0

Eideal

meV

The presumed incident energy

100.0

w

meV

The energy transfer of the delta function

50.0

two_theta

degrees

the scattering angle of the spot

25.0

n_spots

1

The number of spots to generate symmetrically around the beam

4

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