12.24 The Texture_process McStas Component
Component for simulating textured powder in Union components
Identification
Description
Part of the Union components, a set of components that work together and thus seperates
geometry and physics within McStas. The use of this component requires other components to
be used.
This component deals with the coherent elastic scattering on a textured material. The
texture is described through the coefficients of the generalized Fourier transform of the
Orientation Distribution Function (ODF). The component expects as input two files, one
containing the Fourier coefficients of the ODF and another one with crystallographic and
physical information.
Algorithm: Described elsewhere, see e.g. https://doi.org/10.3233/JNR-190117
Input parameters
Parameters in boldface are required; the others are optional.
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Description |
Default |
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crystal_fn |
s |
Path to a file (.laz)
containing crystallographic and physical
information |
0 |
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fcoef_fn |
s |
Path to a text file containing the Fourier
coefficients of the ODF. It must have five
columns: l m n Real(Clmn) Imag(Clmn) |
0 |
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lmax_user |
1 |
Cut-off for the Fourier series. If negative,
the program uses all the coefficients
provided in the file fcoef_fn |
-1 |
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barns |
1 |
Flag to indicate if |F|^2 from ’crystal_fn’
is in barns or fm^2. barns=1 for laz
and isotropic constant elastic scattering
(reflections=NULL), barns=0 for lau
type files |
0 |
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order |
1 |
Limit scattering to this order |
0 |
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interact_fraction |
1 |
How large a part of the scattering events
should use this process 0-1 (sum of all
processes in material = 1) |
-1 |
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packing_factor |
1 |
How dense is the material compared to
optimal 0-1 |
1 |
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maxNeutronSaved |
1 |
Maximum number of neutron cross
sections saved for reusing |
1 |
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init |
string |
Deprecated and unused.
Accepted so that instruments written
for McStas/McXtrace 3.8.7 and earlier,
which name the Union_init component
here, still compile. |
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