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McXtrace: SOLEIL_LUCIA

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

The SOLEIL_LUCIA Instrument

A simple model for LUCIA at SOLEIL (fluorescence).

Identification

  • Site: SOLEIL
  • Author: E. Farhi
  • Origin: SOLEIL
  • Date: 2023

Description

The HU52 undulator, a DCM, a fluorescence sample, and monitors.
This model does not contain any focusing mirror.
The sample is a kind of biological cell.

Position | Element
---------|--------------------------------------------------------------------
0        | HU52 undulator "Apple II" type, 32 periods, gap 15-150mm
20       | Si(111) DCM, 40x40x10 mm^3 LUCIA_E0=5-16 keV
29       | Sample location
29.1     | Fluorescence Detector at 90 deg

Examples

(Test cases in bold)
  • Test: -n 1e7 LUCIA_E0=3.09 Detector: LUCIA_mon_spl_SDD_I=9.69081e+09

Input parameters

Parameters in boldface are required; the others are optional.
NameUnitDescriptionDefault
LUCIA_E0keVNominal energy at the source, in 0.6-8 keV.3.09
LUCIA_dEkeVEnergy half-bandwidth at the source.0.02
LUCIA_dcm_thetadegRotation angle of the DCM. 0=set from energy LUCIA_E0.38.9
LUCIA_sample_materialstrAbsorption data file for the sample."CaCO3AlP"
LUCIA_sample_geometrystrOFF/PLY file name for sample 3D geometry, or NULL for a box."plant_cell.ply"
splits10

Links

  • Source code for SOLEIL_LUCIA.instr.
  • https://www.synchrotron-soleil.fr/en/beamlines/lucia

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

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