McXtrace - An X-ray ray-trace simulation package

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The Test_Sources Instrument

Test instrument to show that the source components work

Identification

• Site: Tests_sources
• Author: Erik B Knudsen (erkn@fysik.dtu.dk)
• Origin: DTU Fysik
• Date: Feb 1st 2013

Description

This instrument is a unit test for the source components.

The following sources are handled:
Source_gaussian SRC=0 (with gauss=0)
Source_gaussian SRC=1
Source_pt       SRC=2
Source_pt       SRC=3
Source_flat     SRC=4
Source_flat     SRC=5
Source_div      SRC=6
Source_div      SRC=7

Examples

(Test cases in bold)

• Test: Test_Sources.instr SRC=0 Detector: emon_I=1.99918
• Test: Test_Sources.instr SRC=1 Detector: psd_I=1.59652
• Test: Test_Sources.instr SRC=2 Detector: lmon_I=7.95755e-06
• Test: Test_Sources.instr SRC=3 Detector: emon_I=7.95649e-06
• Test: Test_Sources.instr SRC=4 Detector: lmon_I=7.95748e-06
• Test: Test_Sources.instr SRC=5 Detector: psd_I=7.95748e-06
• Test: Test_Sources.instr SRC=6 Detector: emon_I=1
• Test: Test_Sources.instr SRC=7 Detector: lmon_I=0.993603

Input parameters

Parameters in boldface are required; the others are optional.

Name	Unit	Description	Default
SRC		Integer parameter picks a source model.	0

Links

• Source code for Test_Sources.instr.

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