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McStas: Tunneling_sample

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The Tunneling_sample Component

A Double-cylinder shaped all-incoherent scatterer with elastic, quasielastic (Lorentzian), and tunneling (sharp) components.

Identification

  • Site:
  • Author: Kim Lefmann
  • Origin: Risoe
  • Date: 10.05.07

Description

A Double-cylinder shaped all-incoherent scatterer
with both elastic, quasielastic (Lorentzian), and tunneling (sharp)
components. No multiple scattering. Absorbtion included.
The shape of the sample may be a box with dimensions xwidth, yheight, zdepth.
The area to scatter to is a disk of radius 'focus_r' situated at the target.
This target area may also be rectangular if specified focus_xw and focus_yh
or focus_aw and focus_ah, respectively in meters and degrees.
The target itself is either situated according to given coordinates (x,y,z),
or defined with the relative target_index of the component to focus
to (next is +1).
This target position will be set to its AT position. When targeting to
centered components, such as spheres or cylinders, define an Arm component
where to focus to.

The outgoing polarization is calculated as for nuclear spin incoherence:
P' = 1/3*P-2/3P = -1/3P
As above multiple scattering is ignored .

Example: Tunneling_sample(thickness=0.001,radius=0.01,yheight=0.02,focus_r=0.035,
target_index=1)

Input parameters

Parameters in boldface are required; the others are optional.
NameUnitDescriptionDefault
thicknessmThickness of cylindrical sample in (x,z) plane0
radiusmOuter radius of sample in (x,z) plane0.01
focus_rmRadius of disk containing target. Use 0 for full space0
p_interact1MC Probability for scattering the ray; otherwise transmit1
f_QE1Fraction of quasielastic scattering0
f_tun1Fraction of tunneling scattering (f_QE+f_tun < 1)0
gammameVLorentzian width of quasielastic broadening (HWHM)0
E_tunmeVTunneling energy0
target_xmX-position of target to focus at0
target_ymY-position of target to focus at0
target_zmZ-position of target to focus at0.235
focus_xwmhoriz. dimension of a rectangular area0
focus_yhmvert. dimension of a rectangular area0
focus_awdeghoriz. angular dimension of a rectangular area0
focus_ahdegvert. angular dimension of a rectangular area0
xwidthmhoriz. dimension of sample, as a width0
yheightmvert. dimension of sample, as a height0.05
zdepthmdepth of sample0
sigma_absbarnsAbsorbtion cross section pr. unit cell5.08
sigma_incbarnsTotal incoherent scattering cross section pr. unit cell4.935
VcAA^3Unit cell volume13.827
target_index1relative index of component to focus at, e.g. next is +10
AT ( , , ) RELATIVE
ROTATED ( , , ) RELATIVE

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[ Identification | Description | Input parameters | Links ]

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