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10.11 The Pol_monitor McStas Component
Polarisation sensitive monitor.
Identification
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Author: Peter Christiansen
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Origin: Risoe
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Date: July 2006
Description
A square single monitor that measures the projection of the polarisation along a given normalized m-vector (mx, my, mz). The measured quantity is: sx*mx+sy*my+mz*sz
Example: Pol_monitor(xwidth=0.1, yheight=0.1, nchan=11, mx=0, my=1, mz=0)
Input parameters
Parameters in boldface are required; the others are optional.
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Name |
Unit |
Description |
Default |
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xwidth |
m |
Width of detector |
0.1 |
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yheight |
m |
Height of detector |
0.1 |
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restore_neutron |
1 |
If set, the monitor does not influence the neutron state |
0 |
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mx |
1 |
X-component of monitor vector (can be negative) |
0 |
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my |
1 |
Y-component of monitor vector (can be negative) |
0 |
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mz |
1 |
Z-component of monitor vector (can be negative) |
0 |
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nowritefile |
1 |
If set, monitor will skip writing to disk |
0 |
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Links
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Component source code found in file Pol_monitor.comp.
