A user-friendly, graphical interface for the Monte Carlo neutron optics code MCLIB

Conference · Fri Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1995

OSTI ID:161547

Thelliez, T; Daemen, L; Hjelm, R P ^[1]; Seeger, P A ^[2]

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1. Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)
2. Seeger (Phil A.), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

The authors describe a prototype of a new user interface for the Monte Carlo neutron optics simulation program MCLIB. At this point in its development the interface allows the user to define an instrument as a set of predefined instrument elements. The user can specify the intrinsic parameters of each element, its position and orientation. The interface then writes output to the MCLIB package and starts the simulation. The present prototype is an early development stage of a comprehensive Monte Carlo simulations package that will serve as a tool for the design, optimization and assessment of performance of new neutron scattering instruments. It will be an important tool for understanding the efficacy of new source designs in meeting the needs of these instruments.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 161547
• Report Number(s): LA-UR--95-3949; CONF-9510212--8; ON: DE96003159
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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07 ISOTOPE AND RADIATION SOURCES
44 INSTRUMENTATION
INCLUDING NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE DETECTORS
99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
BEAM OPTICS
COMPUTER GRAPHICS
COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN
M CODES
MAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
NEUTRON CHOPPERS
NEUTRON DIFFRACTOMETERS
NEUTRON SOURCES
NEUTRON SPECTROMETERS
POSITIONING