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McStas: Union_sphere

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The Union_sphere Component

A sample component to separate geometry and phsysics

Identification

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

Description

Part of the Union components, a set of components that work together and thus
separates 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
2) These are gathered into material definitions using Union_make_material
3) Geometries are placed using Union_box/cylinder/sphere, 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 this master, but after the previous will be simulated here.

There is a dedicated manual available for the Union components

The position of this component is the center of the sphere

It is allowed to overlap components, but it is not allowed to have two
parallel planes that coincides. This will crash the code on run time.

Input parameters

Parameters in boldface are required; the others are optional.
NameUnitDescriptionDefault
material_stringmaterial name of this volume, defined using Union_make_material0
priority1priotiry of the volume (can not be the same as another volume) A high priority is on top of low.
radiusmRadius of sphere
visualize1set to 0 if you wish to hide this geometry in mcdisplay1
target_index1Relative index of component to focus at, e.g. next is +10
target_xm0
target_ymPosition of target to focus at0
target_zm0
focus_awdeghoriz. angular dimension of a rectangular area0
focus_ahdegvert. angular dimension of a rectangular area0
focus_xwmhoriz. dimension of a rectangular area0
focus_xhmvert. dimension of a rectangular area0
focus_rmfocusing on circle with this radius0
p_interact1probability to interact with this geometry [0-1]0
mask_stringComma seperated list of geometry names which this geometry should mask0
mask_setting"All" or "Any", should the masked volume be simulated when the ray is in just one mask, or all.0
number_of_activations1Number of subsequent Union_master components that will simulate this geometry1
AT ( , , ) RELATIVE
ROTATED ( , , ) RELATIVE

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