<div dir="auto"><div>Dear Dr. peter,</div><div dir="auto">Thank you so much for the nice detailed reply.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Kindly find my corresponding Q's & comments:</div><div dir="auto"><br><div dir="auto">1) Here i'm following the preference of sharing questions on this open forum for the sake of benefit for all. I'm still newcomer. Tha<span style="font-family:sans-serif">nks for telling me this new info.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif"><br></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif">2) Regarding source defining:</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif">Please allow me to elaborate a little:</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif">Assume i choose combination 1</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif">( dist & rectangle focus) : </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif">If tube nose (immersed in pool reflector tank) has:</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif">Area of A1 and thermal calc. flux at nose (by MCNP) = X in units of [</span><span style="font-family:sans-serif"> n/cm^2.sec].</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif">Let's pay attention to units please.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif">Focused to some neck @ dist=R and area A2.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif"><br></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif">So i enter in McStas value of I1= X as it is? Since i'm defining also source radius (A1) & dist & A2 ( internally by default McSras controls solid angle)??!!. Or shall i do some pre-calculations? Like divide by some solid angle (omega subtended by focus rect.) or 2pi. (One side of emiting disk source ) Or 4pi or so?</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif"><br></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif">Back to units: McStas output by monitor or detector (counts/sec) am i right?</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif">So if i want to check my source functionality putting a monitor exactly at z=0 (0.0001 more realstic). What will be the expected result keeping in mind value of X & its units? How to compare initial & losses ( I understand these are statistics) & ( i understand that for comparison research purposes, the initial input is not important that much) but i'm looking for some logical explanations for values to feel satisfied more & have a close view on the mechanism it works.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif"><br></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif">3) Sorry i didn't attached any (file.instr) since it is still scratches. But thank you for the examples ( honestly, still haven't got the chance to check them, but i'll do ASAP). Appreciated.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif"><br></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif">4) Regarding the suggested workshop:</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif">It's a great idea and i'm really interested but i'm thinking how can i afford the costs ( flight, accomodation, ..etc). To me, I guess it's difficult to find financial support at least at this stage. Hope the best for all.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif"><br></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif">Sorry for the lengthy email.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif">Thanks in advance for any body for any helpful efforts to reply.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif"><br></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif">Best regards for all.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif">Mahmoud</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif">March 16th, 2018</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif"><br></span></div><br><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><div dir="ltr">On Wed, Mar 14, 2018, 18:23 Peter Kjær Willendrup <<a href="mailto:pkwi@fysik.dtu.dk">pkwi@fysik.dtu.dk</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div>Sorry i'm just forwarding the below email as a gentle reminder and since my first email (to mcstas-support) was not sent due to (delivery failure issues).</div>
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<div>Thanks for reminding me, I have silently removed the <a href="mailto:mcstas-support@mcstas.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">
mcstas-support@mcstas.org</a> address, I much prefer to have users ask their questions here in the open forum. :-)</div>
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<div dir="auto">Actually, i'm a Jordanian graduate student in South Korea trying to make a conceptual design for a neutron imaging facility using McStas simulations. So i got some questions please like the one attached in the photo regarding the source
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<div dir="auto">The numbers in the photo are exact. Neck dimensions ( assume 10 cm × 10 cm). How can i decide where is target & focus & dist. I understand ray trace. I understand solid angle & divergance. I understand Flux, intensities units. I got
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<div>The logic is that you specify the illuminated solid angle (~divergence out of the source) <i>either</i> by</div>
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<div dir="auto">( Attached also part of simple McStas script (source & detector only) please check it.</div>
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<div>I found no .instr example attached to your email, but there are many too look at within the examples/ folder of your McStas installation.</div>
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<div>Now, to get properly started on McStas, I propose you to e.g.</div>
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<div>1) Read chapter 3 of the McStas user manual, available here:</div>
<div><span class="m_9213761789657195546Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap"></span><a href="http://mcstas.org/documentation/manual/mcstas-2.4.1-manual.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">http://mcstas.org/documentation/manual/mcstas-2.4.1-manual.pdf</a> and by running <a href="http://mcdoc.pl" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">mcdoc.pl</a> -m on your
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<div>Also, there was an email from Georg Ehlers (SNS) <<a href="mailto:ehlersg@ornl.gov" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">ehlersg@ornl.gov</a>> requesting people to indicate if they would be interested in a McStas school later this year in Oak Ridge - see <a href="https://mailman2.mcstas.org//pipermail/mcstas-users/2018q1/001234.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://mailman2.mcstas.org//pipermail/mcstas-users/2018q1/001234.html</a> </div>
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