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Abstract
The software package McStas is a tool for carrying out Monte Carlo ray-tracing
simulations of neutron scattering instruments with high complexity and precision. The
simulations can compute most aspects of the performance of instruments and samples
and can thus be used to optimize the use of existing equipment, design new instrumentation, and carry out full virtual experiments. McStas is based on a unique design
where an automatic compilation process translates high-level textual instrument descriptions into efficient ANSI-C code. This design makes it simple to set up typical
simulations and also gives essentially unlimited freedom to handle more unusual cases.
This report constitutes the component manual for McStas, and, together with the
manual for the McStas system, it contains full documentation of all aspects of the
program. It covers a description of all official components of the McStas package with
some theoretical background. Selected test instruments and representative McStas
simulations performed with these instruments are described in the User Manual.
This report documents the components for McStas version 1.9, released November 15,
2005.
The authors are:
Kim Lefmann
Materials Research Department, Risø National Laboratory, Roskilde, Denmark
email: [email protected]
Peter Kjær Willendrup
Materials Research Department, Risø National Laboratory, Roskilde, Denmark
email: [email protected]
Kristian Nielsen
email: [email protected]
Emmanuel Farhi
Institut Laue-Langevin, Grenoble, France
email: [email protected]
Klaus Lieutenant
Institut Laue-Langevin, Grenoble, France
email: [email protected]
ISBN 87–550–3482–9
ISSN 0106–2840
Pitney Bowes Management Services Denmark A/S · Risø National Laboratory · 2006