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

15.1  The V_sample McStas Component

Vanadium sample.

Identification

Description

A Double-cylinder shaped incoherent scatterer (a V-sample) with both elastic and quasielastic (Lorentzian) components. 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 defined with the relative target_index of the component to focus to (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 to.

Example: V_sample(radius_i=0.001,radius_o=0.01,h=0.02,focus_r=0.035,pack=1, target_index=1)

Input parameters

Parameters in boldface are required; the others are optional.

Name

Unit

Description

Default

radius

m

Outer radius of sample in (x,z) plane

0

thickness

m

Thickness of outer wall

0

zdepth

m

depth of box sample

0

Vc

Unit cell volume [Å^3]

13.827

sigma_abs

barns

Absorbtion cross section pr. unit cell

5.08

sigma_inc

barns

Incoherent scattering cross section pr. unit cell

5.08

radius_i

m

radius-thickness

0

radius_o

m

Same as radius

0

h

m

Same as yheight

0

focus_r

m

Radius of disk containing target. Use 0 for full space

0

pack

1

Packing factor

1

frac

1

MC Probability for scattering the ray; otherwise penetrate

1

f_QE

1

Fraction of quasielastic scattering (rest is elastic)

0

gamma

1

Lorentzian width of quasielastic broadening (HWHM)

0

target_x

0

target_y

m

position of target to focus at

0

target_z

0

focus_xw

m

horiz. dimension of a rectangular area

0

focus_yh

m

vert. dimension of a rectangular area

0

focus_aw

deg

angular width dimension of a rectangular area

0

focus_ah

deg

angular height dimension of a rectangular area

0

xwidth

m

horiz. dimension of sample

0

yheight

m

vert. dimension of sample

0

zthick

m

Same as zdepth

0

rad_sphere

m

Radius for a spherical sample

0

sig_a

barns

Same as sigma_abs

0

sig_i

barns

Same as sigma_inc

0

V0

Same as Vc [Å^3]

0

target_index

1

relative index of component to focus at, e.g. next is +1

0

multiples

1

Apply crude estimate for multiple scattering

1

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