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The PSD_monitor_4PI Component

Release: McXtrace 0.1 Spherical position-sensitive detector.

Identification

• Author: Erik Knudsen
• Origin: Risoe
• Date: June 23rd, 2009

Description

Based on neutron component by Kim Lefmann and Kristian Nielsen
An (n times m) pixel spherical PSD monitor using a cylindrical projection.
Mostly for test and debugging purposes.

Example: PSD_monitor_4PI(radius=0.1,
nx=90, ny=90, filename="Output.psd")

Input parameters

Parameters in boldface are required; the others are optional.

Name	Unit	Description	Default
radius	m	Radius of detector	1
restore_xray	1	If set, the monitor does not influence the xray state	0
nx	1	Number of pixel columns	90
ny	1	Number of pixel rows	90
filename	str	Name of file in which to store the detector image	0

AT (	,	,		) RELATIVE		Generate to clipboard
ROTATED (	,	,		) RELATIVE

Links

• Source code for PSD_monitor_4PI.comp.

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