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The Union_logger_3D_space Component

Three dimensional logger for spatial dimensions

Identification

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• Author: Mads Bertelsen
• Origin: University of Copenhagen
• Date: 20.08.15

Description

Part of the Union components, a set of components that work together and thus
sperates 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

This logger logs a 2D projection of the position of each scattering in the lab
frame. It does this in n3 space slices, so one can get a full 3D histogram of
scattering positions.

A logger will log something for scattering events happening to certain volumes,
which are specified in the target_geometry string. By leaving it blank, all
geometries are logged, even the ones not defined at this point in the
instrument file. If a list og target_geometries is selected, one can further
narrow the events logged by providing a list of process names in target_process
which need to correspond with names of defined Union_process components.

To use the logger_conditional_extend function, set it to some integer value n
and make and extend section to the master component that runs the geometry.
In this extend function, logger_conditional_extend[n] is 1 if the conditional
stack evaluated to true, 0 if not. This way one can check what rays is logged
using regular McStas monitors. Only works if a conditional is applied to this
logger.

Input parameters

Parameters in boldface are required; the others are optional.

Name	Unit	Description	Default
target_geometry	string	Comma seperated list of geometry names that will be logged, leave empty for all volumes (even not defined yet)	"NULL"
target_process	string	Comma seperated names of physical processes, if volumes are selected, one can select Union_process names	"NULL"
D1_min	m	histogram boundery, min position value for first axis	-1
D1_max	m	histogram boundery, max position value for first axis	1
D2_min	m	histogram boundery, min position value for second axis	-1
D2_max	m	histogram boundery, max position value for second axis	1
D3_min	m	histogram boundery, min position value for third axis	-1
D3_max	m	histogram boundery, max position value for third axis	1
D_direction_1	string	Direction for first axis ("x", "y" or "z")	"x"
D_direction_2	string	Direction for second axis ("x", "y" or "z")	"z"
D_direction_3	string	Direction for second axis ("x", "y" or "z")	"z"
filename	string	Filename of produced data file	"NULL"
n1	1	number of bins for first axis	90
n2	1	number of bins for second axis	90
n3	1	number of bins for third axis	10
order_total	1	Only log rays that scatter for the n'th time, 0 for all orders	0
order_volume	1	Only log rays that scatter for the n'th time in the same geometry	0
order_volume_process	1	Only log rays that scatter for the n'th time in the same geometry, using the same process	0
logger_conditional_extend_index	1	If a conditional is used with this logger, the result of each conditional calculation can be made available in extend as a array called "logger_conditional_extend", and one would then acces logger_conditional_extend[n] if logger_conditional_extend_index is set to n	-1
init	string	name of Union_init component (typically "init", default)	"init"

AT (	,	,		) RELATIVE		Generate
ROTATED (	,	,		) RELATIVE

Links

• Source code for Union_logger_3D_space.comp.

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