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The Test_Guides Instrument

Cross comparison of Guide components

Identification

• Site: Tests_optics
• Author: E. Farhi [farhi@ill.fr]
• Origin: ILL
• Date: Sept 1st, 2008

Description

Cross comparison of Guide components, using McStas and
contributed components. It shows that all implementations are equivalent,
except the Guide_honeycomb which has a different geometry.

Examples

(Test cases in bold)

• Test: Guide=1 Detector: Monitor2_xy_I=0.00726875
• Test: Guide=2 Detector: Monitor2_xy_I=0.00725213
• Test: Guide=3 Detector: Monitor2_xy_I=0.00727304
• Test: Guide=4 Detector: Monitor2_xy_I=0.00721742
• Test: Guide=5 Detector: Monitor2_xy_I=0.00721742
• Test: Guide=6 Detector: Monitor2_xy_I=0.00721742
• Test: Guide=7 Detector: Monitor2_xy_I=0.00724912
• Test: Guide=8 Detector: Monitor2_xy_I=0.00683072
• Test: Guide=9 Detector: Monitor2_xy_I=0.00724912

Input parameters

Parameters in boldface are required; the others are optional.

Name	Unit	Description	Default
Guide	1	Choice of Guide component to test, with 1=Guide, 2=Guide_channeled, 3=Guide_gravity, 4=Guide_wavy, 5=Guide_curved, 6=Elliptic_guide_gravity, 7=Guide_anyshape, 8=Guide_honeycomb, 9=Guide_anyshape with per-face coatings read from the OFF file (file_coatings=1)	1

Links

• Source code for Test_Guides.instr.

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