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The Union_box Component

A sample component to separate geometry and phsysics

Identification

Description

Part of the Union components, a set of components that work together and thus
separates geometry and physics within McStas.
The use of this component requires other components to be used.

1) One specifies a number of processes using process components
2) These are gathered into material definitions using Union_make_material
3) Geometries are placed using Union_box/cylinder/sphere, assigned a material
4) A Union_master component placed after all of the above

Only in step 4 will any simulation happen, and per default all geometries
defined before this master, but after the previous will be simulated here.

There is a dedicated manual available for the Union components

The position of this component is the center of the box, zdepth/2 in each direction.

It is allowed to overlap components, but it is not allowed to have two
parallel planes that coincides. This will crash the code on run time.


Algorithm:
Described elsewhere

Input parameters

Parameters in boldface are required; the others are optional.
NameUnitDescriptionDefault
material_stringmaterial name of this volume, defined using Union_make_material0
priority1priotiry of the volume (can not be the same as another volume) A high priority is on top of low.
xwidthmwidth of the box volume
yheightmheight of the box volume
zdepthmdepth of the box volume
xwidth2moptional different width at the +z box face-1
yheight2moptional different height at the +z box face-1
visualize1set to 0 if you wish to hide this geometry in mcdisplay1
target_index1Relative index of component to focus at, e.g. next is +10
target_xm0
target_ymPosition of target to focus at0
target_zm0
focus_awdeghoriz. angular dimension of a rectangular area0
focus_ahdegvert. angular dimension of a rectangular area0
focus_xwmhoriz. dimension of a rectangular area0
focus_xhmvert. dimension of a rectangular area0
focus_rmfocusing on circle with this radius0
p_interact1probability to interact with this geometry [0-1]0
mask_stringComma seperated list of geometry names which this geometry should mask0
mask_setting"All" or "Any", should the masked volume be simulated when the ray is in just one mask, or all.0
number_of_activations1Number of subsequent Union_master components that will simulate this geometry1
AT ( , , ) RELATIVE
ROTATED ( , , ) RELATIVE

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