[mcstas-users] Multiple samples in a single mcstas instrument?

[Erik B Knudsen]

Dear Uli,

It can be done if that is what you _really_ want to do, but I would not
recommend it. The solution would be more complicated and likely error
prone than using an intermediary MCPL-file. Also - you would have
rewrite less of the instrument file that way.

If you really want to do this here's a pseudocode solution for two
samples that you could easily extend to more:
You'd have to also set parameters for samples and decalre the variable
samplec - but you knew that :-).

<snip>
COMPONENT a0 = Arm()
AT(0,0,0) RELATIVE something
EXTEND
%{
   samplec==0

%}

SPLIT 2 COMPONENT a1 = Arm()
AT(0,0,0) RELATIVE a0
EXTEND
%{
   samplec++;
%}


COMPONENT sans1 = Sans_SAMPLE(x=X,...)
WHEN (samplec==1) AT(0,0,0) RELATIVE a1

COMPONENT sans2 = Sans_SAMPLE(y=Y,...)
WHEN sample==2) AT(0,0,0) RELATIVE a1


COMPONENT det1 = PSD_monitor(filename="file1")
WHEN(samplec==1) AT(0,0,L) RELATIVE a1

COMPONENT det2 = COPY(det1)(filename="file2")
WHEN(samplec==2) AT(0,0,L) RELATIVE a2
<snip>


cheers
Erik

On 10/07/2019 21:33, Wildgruber, Christoph U. wrote:
> Hi, 
> 
> I read the manual and somehow I think it could be done but I could not 
> figure out how…
> 
> So here is what  I want to do:
> 
> I have SANS instrument and want to compare it’s neutron optical performance
> for several pairs of sample models. To avoid using virtual sources and minimize the 
> overall runtime I thought it might be possible to have a loop or something equivalent which
> runs the sample & detector part of the instrument multiple times for the same neutrons
> arriving at the sample position with a different scattering model.
> All other parameters in the sample are the same.
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Uli
>  
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