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This file is part of the McStas neutron ray-trace simulation package
Copyright (C) 1997-, All rights reserved
Technical University of Denmark, plus collaboration including
Institut Laue Langevin, Grenoble, France
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; version 3 of the License.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
# McStas component nomenclature
This file describes 'standard' McStas parameter names for components.
## Geometry and Dimensions:
Use combinations of the below identifiers to realise simple
geometrical shapes, such as spheres, boxes and cylinders.
For hollow shapes, combine with ```thickness``` or ```radius_i/radius_o```
* Radial specifications (suffixes _i and _o indicate inner, outer respectively)
```radius, radius_i, radius_o```
* Dimensions along x
```xwidth, xmin, xmax```
* Dimensions along y
```yheight, ymin, ymax```
* Dimensions along z
```zdepth, zlength, zmin, zmax, l, length```
* Material thickness, e.g. for hollow shapes
```thickness```
* Width, height and length specifications for guides and other optics
```w1, h1``` at guide entry, ```w2, h2```at guide exit, ```l, length``` for z-length
* Reflectivity parameters for guides and other optics
```R0 Qc alpha m W```
* For multichannel optics and collimators, used to specify number of channels
```nslit```
* Components that support the OFF surface specification often use
```geometry``` to specify a file with vertices and faces
## Spectral definitions for source (often defines the MC sampling range
* Wavelength
```Lmin, Lmax``` or ```Lambda0, dLambda``` or ```lambda0, dlambda```
* Energy
```Emin, Emax``` or ```E0, dE```
## Physical parameters:
* Scalar cross-sections of absorption, incoherent and corherent
scattering
```sigma_abs, sigma_inc, sigma_coh```
* Frequencies
```nu, freq```
* Phase-definitions, e.g. for choppers
```phase, phi```
## Monte Carlo variance-reduction and tuning-parameters:
* Propability of "interaction", often meaning scattering "including
change of direction" (i.e. 1-p_interact is "transmitted" or "tunneled"
through object)
```p_interact```
* Propability of incoherent scattering, transmission
```p_incoherent, p_transmit```
* Defining a solid-angle of interest, often used in sources and samples
```focus_xw, focus_yh``` for rectangular, ```focus_aw, focus_ah``` for angular , ```focus_r``` for radial specficiation
* to be combined with either
```dist``` for distance along z, ```target_index``` for specification via location of other component object, ```target_x, target_y, target_z``` for specification via free-form vector
* In some samples, the scattered output can be limitied to an angular range
around the scattering plane
```d_phi```
* or horizontal range
```d_omega```
## Binning definitions in monitors
Typically done with combination of limits and number of bins, examples
* ```Emin, Emax, nE``` in energy-monitors
* ```Lmin, Lmax, nL``` in wavelength monitors
* ```xwidth, yheight, nx, ny``` in position-monitors
* Also consult ```Monitor_nD``` documentation for the advanced ```options``` string
## Other:
```filename``` specifies a needed file, be it for input (physical parameters, geometry, ...) or output (in monitors and samples)
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