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The AF_HB_1D_process Component

1D Antiferromagnetic Heisenberg chain

Identification

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

Description

1D Antiferromagnetic Heisenberg chain

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 like this one
2) These are gathered into material definitions using Union_make_material
3) Geometries are placed using Union_box / Union_cylinder, 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 the master, but after the previous will be simulated here.

There is a dedicated manual available for the Union_components


Algorithm:
Described elsewhere

Input parameters

Parameters in boldface are required; the others are optional.

Name	Unit	Description	Default
atom_distance	AA	Distance between atom's in chain	1
number_density	1/AA^3	Number of scatteres per volume	0
unit_cell_volume	AA^3	Unit cell volume (set either unit_cell_volume or number density)	0
A_constant	unitless	Constant from Müller paper 1981, probably somewhere between 1 and 1.5	1
J_interaction	meV	Exchange constant	1
packing_factor	1	How dense is the material compared to optimal 0-1	1
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
init	string	name of Union_init component (typically "init", default)	"init"

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

Links

• Source code for AF_HB_1D_process.comp.

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