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McXtrace: Source_simplex

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The Source_simplex Component

Release: McXtrace 1.2 Interface source for importing Simplex generated X-ray pulses into McXtrace

Identification

  • Site:
  • Author: Erik B Knudsen
  • Origin: Risoe
  • Date: Aug. 10th, 2014

Description

This source model reads the dumped radiation field output from Simplex and samples it to be used
in McXtrace.

Examples

(Test cases in bold)

Input parameters

Parameters in boldface are required; the others are optional.
NameUnitDescriptionDefault
gridpointsintNumber of mesh points along 1 axis.101
fnamestringFilename of main output file of GENESIS 1.3."template.fld"
focus_xwmWidth of target.0
focus_yhmHeight of target.0
distmDistance to target along z axis.1
E0keVMean energy of xrays.0
dEkeVEnergy half spread of x-rays.0
meshsizemSpacing between mesh points (equal in x and y).1e-5
nslices1Number of slices simulated.102
s0mBack end of pulse time sampling windows scaled by c^-1.-2e-3
s1mFront end of pulse time sampling window scaled by c^-1.2e-3
flux1Flux-multiplier.1.0
focus_aradMean divergence angle.0.1
AT ( , , ) RELATIVE
ROTATED ( , , ) RELATIVE

Links

  • Source code for Source_simplex.comp.
  • Tanaka, Journal of Synchrotron Radiation 22, 1319 (2015) http://journals.iucr.org/s/issues/2015/05/00/gb5029/
  • http://radiant.harima.riken.go.jp/simplex/

[ Identification | Description | Examples | Input parameters | Links ]

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