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The ESS_mcpl2hist Instrument

Utility instrument that generates a set of histograms from an MCPL input file

Identification

• Site: ESS
• Author: Peter Willendrup
• Origin: ESS
• Date: 2016-12-02

Description

Utility instrument that generates a set of histograms from an MCPL input file.

Generates energy, wavelength, position, veloicty and time histograms via Monitor_nD.

Assumes access to binary MCPL datasets in . named [sector][beamline].mcpl.gz, i.e. W8.mcpl.gz.

Input parameters

Parameters in boldface are required; the others are optional.

Name	Unit	Description	Default
sector	str	Defines the 'sector' of your instrument position. Valid values are "N","S","E" and "W"	"N"
beamline	1	Defines the 'beamline number' of your instrument position. Valid values are 1..10 or 1..11 depending on sector	1
filter	1	Flag to define if the filtered or nonfiltered version of the MCPL file should be used.	0
thres	1	Weight threshold above which neutrons are absorbed	0.003

Links

• Source code for ESS_mcpl2hist.instr.
• Benchmarking website available at http://ess_butterfly.mcstas.org

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