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Components and Instruments from the Library for McXtrace

Sources

Name	Origin	Author(s)	Source code	Description
Bending_magnet	DTU Physics	Erik B. Knudsen	comp	Model of a bending magnet source
Source_div	Risoe	Erik Knudsen	comp	X-ray source with Gaussian or uniform divergence
Source_div_quasi	DTU Physics	Mads Carlsen and Erik Bergbäck Knudsen (erkn@fysik.dtu.dk)	comp	Quasi-stochastic X-ray source with Gaussian or uniform divergence
Source_flat	Risoe	Erik Knudsen	comp	A flat rectangular or circular surface emitting x-rays
Source_gaussian	NBI	Jana Baltser & Erik Knudsen	comp	Gaussian cross-section source
Source_genesis13	Risoe	Erik B Knudsen	comp	Interface source for importing GENESIS 1.3 generated X-ray pulses into McXtrace
Source_lab	Kgs. Lyngby	Erik Bergbaeck Knudsen	comp	Laboratory x-ray source.
Source_pt	Risoe	Erik Knudsen	comp	An x-ray point source
Source_simplex	Risoe	Erik B Knudsen	comp	Interface source for importing Simplex generated X-ray pulses into McXtrace
Source_spectra	Risoe	Erik Knudsen	comp	Specialized X-ray source for reading in SPECTRA 10 source definitions
Undulator	DTU Physics	Erik B. Knudsen	comp	Model of an undulator source
Wiggler	DTU Physics	Erik B. Knudsen	comp	Model of a wiggler source

Optics

Name	Origin	Author(s)	Source code	Description
Arm	Risoe	Kim Lefmann and Kristian Nielsen	comp	Arm/optical bench
Beamstop	Risoe	Kristian Nielsen	comp	Rectangular/circular beam stop.
Bragg_crystal	NIST, Gaithersburg, MD, USA	Marcus H Mendenhall, NIST	comp	Perfect, reflecting crystal with common cubic structures (diamond, fcc, or bcc, and others if symmetry form factor multipliers provided explicitly)
Bragg_crystal_bent	Marcus H. Mendenhall, NIST, Gaithersburg, MD, USA	Marcus H Mendenhall, NIST	comp	Bent, perfect, reflecting crystal with common cubic structures (diamond, fcc, or bcc, and others if symmetry form factor multipliers provided explicitly)
Capillary	DTU Physics	Erik B Knudsen	comp	A capillary tube
Chopper_simple	Risoe		comp	Ideal chopper
Collimator_linear	DTU	Peter Willendrup	comp	A simple analytical Soller collimator (with triangular transmission).
Diaphragm	DTU Physics	Peter Willendrup	comp	Rectangular/circular diaphragm (alias of the Slit component)
Filter	DTU Physics	Erik Knudsen	comp	Block of an attenuating material
Grating_reflect	DTU	Erik B Knudsen (erkn@fysik.dtu.dk), Kristian Sorensen and Philip Smith	comp	A reflective grating.
Grating_trans	DTU Physics	Erik B Knudsen (erkn@fysik.dtu.dk)	comp	Transmission grating
Lens_CRL_RTM	DTU Physics	Erik Knudsen	comp	1D CRL stack based on RTM formalism
Lens_elliptical	NBI	Jana Baltser and Erik Knudsen	comp	X-ray compound refractive lens (CRL) with an elliptic profile
Lens_parab	NBI	Jana Baltser and Erik Knudsen	comp	X-ray compound refractive lens (CRL) with a profile of the parabola
Lens_parab_Cyl	NBI	Jana Baltser and Erik Knudsen	comp	X-ray compound refractive lens (CRL) with a parabolic cylinder shape
Lens_simple	Risoe	Erik Knudsen	comp	Simple refractive x-ray lens
Mask	DTU Physics	Erik Knudsen	comp	A masking image object
Mirror	DTU Physics	Erik B Knudsen	comp	Perfectly flat mirror (in XZ or YZ), or polygonal
Mirror_curved	Risoe	Erik Knudsen	comp	A cylindrically curved mirror (in YZ)
Mirror_elliptic	Risoe	Erik Knudsen	comp	Idealized elliptic mirror.
Mirror_parabolic	Risoe	Erik Knudsen	comp	Idealized parabolic mirror (in XZ)
Mirror_toroid	DTU Physics	Erik B Knudsen	comp	Toroidal shape mirror (in XZ)
Multilayer_elliptic	NBI	Jana Baltser, Peter Willendrup, Anette Vickery, Andrea Prodi, Erik Knudsen	comp	Elliptic multilayer mirror (in XZ)
Place	DTU	Peter Willendrup	comp	A place in space - alias of Arm
Slit	DTU Physics	Erik Knudsen	comp	Rectangular/circular slit
Slit_N	Risoe	Erik Knudsen	comp	Rectangular/circular slit, duplicated
TwinKB_ML	NBI	Jana Baltser, Peter Willendrup, Anette Vickery, Andrea Prodi, Erik Knudsen, Jesper Buch Jensen	comp	Montel optic model (aka side-by-side Kirkpatrick Baez)
ZonePlate	DTU Physics	Erik B Knudsen	comp	Zone plate based on Monte Carlo sampling of the Fresnel-Kirchhoff integral

Samples

Name	Origin	Author(s)	Source code	Description
Abs_objects	DTU Physics	Erik Knudsen	comp	Blocks of attenuating material in off format
Absorption_sample	Risoe	Erik B Knudsen	comp	Sample component with absorbing materials.
FluoCrystal	Synchrotron SOLEIL	Emmanuel Farhi (emmanuel.farhi.synchrotron-soleil.fr)	comp	Sample model handling absorption, fluorescence, Compton, Rayleigh scattering and single crystal diffraction.
FluoPowder	Synchrotron SOLEIL	Emmanuel Farhi (emmanuel.farhi.synchrotron-soleil.fr)	comp	Sample model handling absorption, fluorescence, Compton, Rayleigh scattering and powder diffraction.
Fluorescence	Synchrotron SOLEIL	E. Farhi	comp	Sample model handling absorption, fluorescence, Compton and Rayleigh scattering.
Isotropic_Sqw	Synchrotron SOLEIL	E. Farhi, V. Hugouvieux	comp	Isotropic sample handling multiple scattering and absorption for a general S(q,w) (coherent)
Molecule_2state	DTU Physics	Erik B Knudsen	comp	Disordered optical-excitable molecule sample.
Polycrystal	University of Copenhagen	Martin Cramer Pedersen (mcpe@nbi.dk)	comp	Polycrystal made from single crystal-like voxels
PowderN	McXtrace release 1.2	P. Willendrup, L. Chapon, K. Lefmann, A.B.Abrahamsen, N.B.Christensen, E.M.Lauridsen.	comp	General powder sample (N lines, single scattering, incoherent scattering)
Saxs_spheres	DTU Fysik	E. B. Knudsen, P. Willendrup, K. Lefmann, L. Arleth	comp	Sample for Small Angle X-ray Scattering - hard spheres in thin solution, mono disperse.
Single_crystal	Risoe	Kristian Nielsen	comp	Mosaic single crystal with multiple scattering vectors, optimised for speed with large crystals and many reflections.

Detectors and monitors

Name	Origin	Author(s)	Source code	Description
DivE_monitor	DTU Physics	Erik B Knudsen	comp	Divergence/Energy monitor.
DivPos_monitor	DTU Physics	Erik B Knudsen	comp	Divergence/position monitor (acceptance diagram).
Divergence_monitor	DTU Physics	Erik B Knudsen	comp	Horizontal+vertical divergence monitor.
EPSD_monitor	DTU	Erik B Knudsen	comp	Position-energy-sensitive monitor.
E_monitor	Risoe	Erik Knudsen	comp	Energy-sensitive monitor.
Event_monitor_simple	DTU	Peter Willendrup	comp	Low-key event-monitor for debugging purposes.
Flex_monitor_1D	DTU Physics	Erik B Knudsen & Peter Willendrup	comp	Flexible monitor.
Flex_monitor_2D	DTU Physics	Erik B Knudsen & Peter Willendrup	comp	Flexible monitor.
Flex_monitor_3D	DTU Physics	Erik B Knudsen & Peter Willendrup	comp	Flexible monitor.
Fluo_detector	Synchrotron SOLEIL	E. Farhi	comp	Detector for fluorescence, e.g. Silicon Drift Detector (SDD) or High Purity Germanium (HPGe).
L_monitor	Risoe	Kristian Nielsen and Kim Lefmann	comp	Wavelength-sensitive monitor.
Monitor	Risoe	Erik Knudsen	comp	Simple monitor.
Monitor_nD	ILL	Emmanuel Farhi	comp	This component is a general Monitor that can output 0/1/2D signals (Intensity or signal vs. [something] and vs. [something] ...)
PSD_monitor	Risoe	Erik B Knudsen	comp	Position-sensitive monitor.
PSD_monitor_4PI	Risoe	Erik Knudsen	comp	Spherical position-sensitive detector.
PSD_monitor_coh	Risoe	Erik Knudsen	comp	Position-sensitive monitor with phase integration.
PreMonitor_nD	ILL (France)	Emmanuel Farhi	comp	Xray parameters spatial cross-correlation monitor.
TOF_monitor	British Airways	Erik B Knudsen	comp	Rectangular Time-of-flight monitor.
W_psd_monitor	Risoe	Erik Knudsen	comp	Position-sensitive wattage monitor.

Union components

Name	Origin	Author(s)	Source code	Description
Incoherent_process	ESS DMSC & DTU Physics	Mads Bertelsen and Erik B Knudsen	comp	A sample component to separate geometry and phsysics

SASmodels components

Name	Origin	Author(s)	Source code	Description
SasView_adsorbed_layer	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView adsorbed_layer model component as sample description.
SasView_barbell	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView barbell model component as sample description.
SasView_barbell_aniso	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView barbell model component as sample description.
SasView_bcc_paracrystal	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView bcc_paracrystal model component as sample description.
SasView_bcc_paracrystal_aniso	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView bcc_paracrystal model component as sample description.
SasView_binary_hard_sphere	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView binary_hard_sphere model component as sample description.
SasView_broad_peak	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView broad_peak model component as sample description.
SasView_capped_cylinder	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView capped_cylinder model component as sample description.
SasView_capped_cylinder_aniso	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView capped_cylinder model component as sample description.
SasView_core_multi_shell	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView core_multi_shell model component as sample description.
SasView_core_shell_bicelle	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView core_shell_bicelle model component as sample description.
SasView_core_shell_bicelle_aniso	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView core_shell_bicelle model component as sample description.
SasView_core_shell_bicelle_elliptical	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView core_shell_bicelle_elliptical model component as sample description.
SasView_core_shell_bicelle_elliptical_aniso	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView core_shell_bicelle_elliptical model component as sample description.
SasView_core_shell_bicelle_elliptical_belt_rough	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView core_shell_bicelle_elliptical_belt_rough model component as sample description.
SasView_core_shell_bicelle_elliptical_belt_rough_aniso	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView core_shell_bicelle_elliptical_belt_rough model component as sample description.
SasView_core_shell_cylinder	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView core_shell_cylinder model component as sample description.
SasView_core_shell_cylinder_aniso	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView core_shell_cylinder model component as sample description.
SasView_core_shell_ellipsoid	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView core_shell_ellipsoid model component as sample description.
SasView_core_shell_ellipsoid_aniso	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView core_shell_ellipsoid model component as sample description.
SasView_core_shell_parallelepiped	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView core_shell_parallelepiped model component as sample description.
SasView_core_shell_parallelepiped_aniso	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView core_shell_parallelepiped model component as sample description.
SasView_core_shell_sphere	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView core_shell_sphere model component as sample description.
SasView_correlation_length	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView correlation_length model component as sample description.
SasView_cylinder	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView cylinder model component as sample description.
SasView_cylinder_aniso	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView cylinder model component as sample description.
SasView_dab	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView dab model component as sample description.
SasView_ellipsoid	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView ellipsoid model component as sample description.
SasView_ellipsoid_aniso	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView ellipsoid model component as sample description.
SasView_elliptical_cylinder	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView elliptical_cylinder model component as sample description.
SasView_elliptical_cylinder_aniso	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView elliptical_cylinder model component as sample description.
SasView_fcc_paracrystal	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView fcc_paracrystal model component as sample description.
SasView_fcc_paracrystal_aniso	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView fcc_paracrystal model component as sample description.
SasView_flexible_cylinder	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView flexible_cylinder model component as sample description.
SasView_flexible_cylinder_elliptical	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView flexible_cylinder_elliptical model component as sample description.
SasView_fractal	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView fractal model component as sample description.
SasView_fractal_core_shell	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView fractal_core_shell model component as sample description.
SasView_fuzzy_sphere	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView fuzzy_sphere model component as sample description.
SasView_gauss_lorentz_gel	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView gauss_lorentz_gel model component as sample description.
SasView_gaussian_peak	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView gaussian_peak model component as sample description.
SasView_gel_fit	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView gel_fit model component as sample description.
SasView_guinier	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView guinier model component as sample description.
SasView_guinier_porod	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView guinier_porod model component as sample description.
SasView_hardsphere	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView hardsphere model component as sample description.
SasView_hayter_msa	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView hayter_msa model component as sample description.
SasView_hollow_cylinder	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView hollow_cylinder model component as sample description.
SasView_hollow_cylinder_aniso	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView hollow_cylinder model component as sample description.
SasView_hollow_rectangular_prism	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView hollow_rectangular_prism model component as sample description.
SasView_hollow_rectangular_prism_aniso	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView hollow_rectangular_prism model component as sample description.
SasView_hollow_rectangular_prism_thin_walls	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView hollow_rectangular_prism_thin_walls model component as sample description.
SasView_lamellar_hg	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView lamellar_hg model component as sample description.
SasView_lamellar_hg_stack_caille	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView lamellar_hg_stack_caille model component as sample description.
SasView_lamellar_stack_caille	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView lamellar_stack_caille model component as sample description.
SasView_lamellar_stack_paracrystal	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView lamellar_stack_paracrystal model component as sample description.
SasView_line	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView line model component as sample description.
SasView_linear_pearls	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView linear_pearls model component as sample description.
SasView_lorentz	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView lorentz model component as sample description.
SasView_mass_fractal	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView mass_fractal model component as sample description.
SasView_mass_surface_fractal	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView mass_surface_fractal model component as sample description.
SasView_mono_gauss_coil	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView mono_gauss_coil model component as sample description.
SasView_multilayer_vesicle	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView multilayer_vesicle model component as sample description.
SasView_onion	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView onion model component as sample description.
SasView_parallelepiped	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView parallelepiped model component as sample description.
SasView_parallelepiped_aniso	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView parallelepiped model component as sample description.
SasView_peak_lorentz	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView peak_lorentz model component as sample description.
SasView_pearl_necklace	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView pearl_necklace model component as sample description.
SasView_poly_gauss_coil	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView poly_gauss_coil model component as sample description.
SasView_polymer_excl_volume	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView polymer_excl_volume model component as sample description.
SasView_polymer_micelle	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView polymer_micelle model component as sample description.
SasView_porod	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView porod model component as sample description.
SasView_power_law	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView power_law model component as sample description.
SasView_pringle	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView pringle model component as sample description.
SasView_raspberry	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView raspberry model component as sample description.
SasView_rectangular_prism	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView rectangular_prism model component as sample description.
SasView_rectangular_prism_aniso	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView rectangular_prism model component as sample description.
SasView_rpa	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView rpa model component as sample description.
SasView_sc_paracrystal	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView sc_paracrystal model component as sample description.
SasView_sc_paracrystal_aniso	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView sc_paracrystal model component as sample description.
SasView_sphere	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView sphere model component as sample description.
SasView_spinodal	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView spinodal model component as sample description.
SasView_squarewell	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView squarewell model component as sample description.
SasView_stacked_disks	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView stacked_disks model component as sample description.
SasView_stacked_disks_aniso	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView stacked_disks model component as sample description.
SasView_star_polymer	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView star_polymer model component as sample description.
SasView_stickyhardsphere	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView stickyhardsphere model component as sample description.
SasView_superball	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView superball model component as sample description.
SasView_superball_aniso	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView superball model component as sample description.
SasView_surface_fractal	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView surface_fractal model component as sample description.
SasView_teubner_strey	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView teubner_strey model component as sample description.
SasView_triaxial_ellipsoid	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView triaxial_ellipsoid model component as sample description.
SasView_triaxial_ellipsoid_aniso	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView triaxial_ellipsoid model component as sample description.
SasView_two_lorentzian	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView two_lorentzian model component as sample description.
SasView_two_power_law	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView two_power_law model component as sample description.
SasView_vesicle	FZJ / DTU / ESS DMSC	Jose Robledo	comp	SasView vesicle model component as sample description.

AstroX components

Name	Origin	Author(s)	Source code	Description
MM_c	DTU Physics, DTU Space	Erik B Knudsen and Desiree D. M. Ferreira	comp	Single Pore as part of the Silicon Pore Optics (SPO) as envisioned for the ATHENA+ space telescope.
MM_h	DTU Physics, DTU Space	Erik B Knudsen and Desiree D. M. Ferreira	comp	Single Pore as part of the Silicon Pore Optics (SPO) as envisioned for the ATHENA+ space telescope.
MM_p	DTU Physics, DTU Space	Erik B Knudsen and Desiree D. M. Ferreira	comp	Single Pore as part of the Silicon Pore Optics (SPO) as envisioned for the ATHENA+ space telescope.
Pore_c	DTU Physics, DTU Space	Erik B Knudsen and Desiree D. M. Ferreira	comp	Single Pore as part of the Silicon Pore Optics (SPO) as envisioned for the ATHENA+ space telescope.
Pore_h	DTU Physics, DTU Space	Erik B Knudsen and Desiree D. M. Ferreira	comp	Single Pore as part of the Silicon Pore Optics (SPO) as envisioned for the ATHENA+ space telescope.
Pore_p	DTU Physics, DTU Space	Erik B Knudsen and Desiree D. M. Ferreira	comp	Single Pore as part of the Silicon Pore Optics (SPO) as envisioned for the ATHENA+ space telescope.
Ring_c	DTU Physics, DTU Space	Erik B Knudsen and Desiree D. M. Ferreira	comp	Stack of conical shells as part of a Wolter optic.
Ring_h	DTU Physics, DTU Space	Erik B Knudsen and Desiree D. M. Ferreira	comp	Stack of conical shells as part of a Wolter optic. Hyperbolic version.
Ring_p	DTU Physics, DTU Space	Erik B Knudsen and Desiree D. M. Ferreira	comp	Stack of conical shells as part of a Wolter optic. Parabolic version.
Shell_c	DTU Physics, DTU Space	Erik B Knudsen and Desiree D. M. Ferreira	comp	Single conical shell as part of a Wolter optic.
Shell_h	DTU Physics, DTU Space	Erik B Knudsen and Desiree D. M. Ferreira	comp	Single Pore as part of the Silicon Pore Optics (SPO) as envisioned for the ATHENA+ space telescope.
Shell_p	DTU Physics, DTU Space	Erik B Knudsen and Desiree D. M. Ferreira	comp	Single parabolic shell as part of a Wolter optic.
Source_extended	Technical University of Denmark	Arne 'S Jegers	comp	A plane source emitting x-rays to emulate a distant extended source, such as a nebula or galaxy

Misc

Name	Origin	Author(s)	Source code	Description
Air	DTU Fysik, NBI	M. B. Nielsen	comp	Component simulating atmospheric air.
File	ESS	Greg Tucker	comp	File.comp - allows to generate instrument/component input-files from METADATA blocks
Focus	ESRF	Carsten Detlefs, hacked from slit.comp	comp	Turn a photon into a Huygens wavelet. To be used with the SPLIT keyword.
MCPL_input	DTU Physics	Erik B Knudsen	comp	Source-like component that reads photon state parameters from an mcpl-file.
MCPL_output	DTU Physics	Erik B Knudsen	comp	Detector-like component that writes photon state parameters into an mcpl-format binary, virtual-source photon file.
Progress_bar	ILL	Emmanuel Farhi	comp	A simulation progress bar
Shadow_input	Risoe/ILL	Andrea Prodi	comp	Read x-ray state parameters from SHADOW x-ray event file.
Shadow_output	Risoe/ILL	Andrea Prodi	comp	Write x-ray state parameters to SHADOW x-ray event file.
Shape	ILL	E. Farhi	comp	A geometric shape without effect on X-raysX, for instrument display purpose.

Contributed components

Name	Origin	Author(s)	Source code	Description
Attenuating_mask	DTU Physics	Matteo Busi, Erik B Knudsen	comp	Attenuating_mask
Bragg_crystal_BC	NIST	Marcus H Mendenhall, NIST	comp	Perfect, reflecting crystal with common cubic structures (diamond, fcc, or bcc, and others if symmetry form factor multipliers provided explicitly)
Bragg_crystal_bent_BC	NIST	Marcus H Mendenhall, NIST	comp	Bent, perfect crystal with common cubic structures (diamond, fcc, or bcc, and others if symmetry form factor multipliers provided explicitly)
Bragg_crystal_simple	FaMAF - UNC, Argentina	Jose I. Robledo	comp	Perfect Bragg reflecting slab
Detector_pn	NBI, KU	Maria Thomsen (mariath@fys.ku.dk)	comp	Block of a attenuating material
Laue_crystal_BC	NIST	Marcus H Mendenhall, NIST	comp	Perfect, Laue crystal with common cubic structures (diamond, fcc, or bcc, and others if symmetry form factor multipliers provided explicitly)
Mirror_toroid_pothole	DTU Physics	Erik B Knudsen	comp	Toroidal shape mirror (in XZ)
PSD_monitor_rad	FZ-Juelich/FRJ-2/IFF/KWS-2	Henrich Frielinghaus	comp	Position-sensitive monitor with radially averaging.
SAXSCurve	KU-Science	Martin Cramer Pedersen (mcpe@nbi.dk)	comp	A component mimicking the scattering from a given I(q)-curve by using linear interpolation between the given points.
SAXSCylinders	KU-Science	Martin Cramer Pedersen (mcpe@nbi.dk)	comp	A sample of monodisperse cylindrical particles in solution.
SAXSEllipticCylinders	KU-Science	Martin Cramer Pedersen (mcpe@nbi.dk)	comp	A sample of monodisperse cylindrical particles with elliptic cross section in solution.
SAXSLiposomes	KU-Science	Martin Cramer Pedersen (mcpe@nbi.dk)	comp	A sample of polydisperse liposomes in solution (water).
SAXSNanodiscs	KU-Science	Martin Cramer Pedersen (mcpe@nbi.dk)	comp	A sample of monodisperse phospholipid bilayer nanodiscs in solution (water).
SAXSNanodiscsFast	KU-Science	Martin Cramer Pedersen (mcpe@nbi.dk)	comp	A sample of monodisperse phospholipid bilayer nanodiscs in solution (water).
SAXSNanodiscsWithTags	KU-Science	Martin Cramer Pedersen (mcpe@nbi.dk)	comp	A sample of monodisperse phospholipid bilayer nanodiscs in solution (water) - with histidine tag still on the belt proteins.
SAXSNanodiscsWithTagsFast	KU-Science	Martin Cramer Pedersen (mcpe@nbi.dk)	comp	A sample of monodisperse phospholipid bilayer nanodiscs in solution (water) - with histidine tag still on the belt proteins.
SAXSPDB	KU-Science	Martin Cramer Pedersen (mcpe@nbi.dk) and Søren Kynde (kynde@nbi.dk)	comp	A sample describing a thin solution of proteins. This components must be compiled with the -lgsl and -lgslcblas flags (and possibly linked to the appropriate libraries).
SAXSPDBFast	KU-Science	Martin Cramer Pedersen (mcpe@nbi.dk) and Søren Kynde (kynde@nbi.dk)	comp	A sample describing a thin solution of proteins using linear interpolation to increase computational speed. This components must be compiled with the -lgsl and -lgslcblas flags (and possibly linked to the appropriate libraries).
SAXSQMonitor	KU-Science	Martin Cramer Pedersen (mcpe@nbi.dk)	comp	A circular detector measuring the radial average of intensity as a function of the momentum transform in the sample.
SAXSShells	KU-Science	Martin Cramer Pedersen (mcpe@nbi.dk)	comp	A sample of monodisperse shell-like particles in solution.
SAXSSpheres	KU-Science	Martin Cramer Pedersen (mcpe@nbi.dk)	comp	A sample of monodisperse spherical particles in solution.

Obsolete (avoid usage whenever possible)

Name	Origin	Author(s)	Source code	Description
Lens_Kinoform	NBI	Jana Baltser and Erik Knudsen	comp	A model of a specific kinoform used by the BNL
Lens_parab_Cyl_rough		Jana Baltser and Erik Knudsen	comp
Lens_parab_rough		Jana Baltser and Erik Knudsen	comp
Perfect_crystal	NBI	Anette Vickery, Andrea Prodi, Erik Knudsen	comp	Perfect crystal with diamond or zincblende structure

Instrument Examples

Name	Origin	Author(s)	Source code	Description
ATHENA_1mm	DTU Physics/DTU Space	Erik B Knudsen & Desiree D. M. Ferreira (email)	instr	Single pore version of the ATHENA SPO-optic in use as telescope.
ATHENA_1pore	DTU Physics/DTU Space	Erik B Knudsen & Desiree D. M. Ferreira (email)	instr	Single pore version of the ATHENA SPO-optic in use as telescope.
ATHENA_1ring	DTU Physics/DTU Space	Erik B Knudsen & Desiree D. M. Ferreira (email)	instr	Single pore version of the ATHENA SPO-optic in use as telescope.
ATHENA_1sh_W1_OA	DTU Physics/DTU Space	Erik B Knudsen & Desiree D. M. Ferreira (email)	instr	Single shell model of the ATHENA SPO-optic in use as telescope.
ATHENA_1sh_both	DTU Physics/DTU Space	Erik B Knudsen & Desiree D. M. Ferreira (email)	instr	Single shell model of the ATHENA SPO-optic in use as telescope.
ATHENA_1sh_conical	DTU Physics/DTU Space	Erik B Knudsen & Desiree D. M. Ferreira (email)	instr	Single shell model of the ATHENA SPO-optic in use as telescope.
ATHENA_1shell	DTU Physics/DTU Space	Erik B Knudsen & Desiree D. M. Ferreira (email)	instr	Single shell model of the ATHENA SPO-optic in use as telescope.
ATHENA_1mm	DTU Physics/DTU Space	Erik B Knudsen & Desiree D. M. Ferreira (email)	instr	Single pore version of the ATHENA SPO-optic in use as telescope.
ATHENA_cfgA_1mm_FEMd	DTU Physics/DTU Space	Erik B Knudsen & Desiree D. M. Ferreira (email)	instr	Single pore version of the ATHENA SPO-optic in use as telescope.
NuSTAR_1shell_con	DTU Physics/DTU Space	Erik B Knudsen & Desiree D. M. Ferreira (email)	instr	Single shell model of the NuSTAR-optic in use as telescope.
Simple_1shell	DTU Physics/DTU Space	Erik B Knudsen & Desiree D. M. Ferreira (email)	instr	Single shell model of a true Wolter Type I optic
Test_shells	DTU Physics/DTU Space	Erik B Knudsen & Desiree D. M. Ferreira (email)	instr	Single shell model of a true Wolter Type I optic
CXO	DTU Physics	Erik B Knudsen (erkn@fysik.dtu.dk)	instr	Chandra X-ray Observatory CXO
NuSTAR_1shell	DTU Physics/DTU Space	Erik B Knudsen & Desiree D. M. Ferreira (email)	instr	Single shell model of the NuSTAR-optic in use as telescope.
Czerny_Turner	Synchrotron Soleil	Stephane Bac, Antoine Padovani	instr	Czerny-Turner monochromator.
Airp_scannerII	DTU Physics	E. B. Knudsen (erkn@fysik.dtu.dk)	instr	Example instrument to display how to use the absorption multiobject component
Pump_probe	DTU Fysik	Erik B Knudsen	instr	Design study of a pump and probe type instrument. The sample is an excitable molecule Instrument short description
Pump_probe_solvent	DTU Fysik	Erik B Knudsen	instr	Design study of a pump and probe type instrument. The sample is an excitable molecule
ESRF_BM29	KU-Science	Martin Cramer Pedersen (mcpe@nbi.dk)	instr	A simple BM29 model at ESRF.
ESRF_ID01	University of Copenhagen	Martin Cramer Pedersen (mcpe@nbi.dk)	instr	Nano-diffraction imaging beamline at ESRF, Grenoble
ESRF_ID11	Risø DTU	E. Knudsen (erkn@risoe.dtu.dk)	instr	Model of the ESRF ID11 Transfocator based beamline.
MAXII_711	DTU Physics	Erik B Knudsen (erkn@fysik.dtu.dk)	instr	Powder diffraction beamline
MAXII_811	DTU Physics	Erik B Knudsen (erkn@fysik.dtu.dk)	instr	XAFS and surface diffraction, Materials Science Beamline 811 at MAX-lab.
MAXIV_Bloch	DTU Physics	Kristian Soerensen and Philip Smith (s154443@win.dtu.dk)	instr	Bloch high resolution photoelectron spectroscopy beamline under development at the MAX IV synchrotron.
MAXIV_DanMAX_pxrd1d	DTU Physics	Erik B Knudsen (erkn@fysik.dtu.dk)	instr	DanMAX Powder diffraction/Imaging beamline being designed at MAX IV.
MAXIV_DanMAX_pxrd2d	DTU Physics	Erik B Knudsen (erkn@fysik.dtu.dk)	instr	DanMAX Powder diffraction/Imaging beamline being designed at MAX IV.
MAXIV_FemtoMAX	DTU Physics	Erik B Knudsen (erkn@fysik.dtu.dk)	instr	Simulation of the FemtoMAX short pulse facility at MAX IV laboratory
NBI_Lab_TOMO	Your institution	Erik B Knudsen and M Thomsen	instr	Laboratory tomography setup at NBI
NECSA_Brucker_D8_Advance	Necsa, ZA	us all in ZA !	instr	Brucker D8 Advance lab powder diffratometer
NECSA_MIXRAD_Nikon_Tomo	Necsa, ZA	us all at Necsa	instr	Nikon XTH 225 Tomograph
DBD_IBM_Si_analyzer_BC	NIST	Marcus H. Mendenhall (marcus.mendenhall@nist.gov)	instr	Mockup of 219/B002 DBD
PBD_BT	Your institution	Marcus H. Mendenhall (marcus.mendenhall@nist.gov)	instr	Mockup of NIST 219/B004 PBD
NSLS2_CHX	NBI, BNL	Jana Baltser	instr	Coherent hard x-ray beamline @ NSLS II
JJ_SAXS	Risø DTU, (Finnair flight AY67 to Hong Kong)	Erik Knudsen (erkn@risoe.dtu.dk)	instr	Crude model of a laboratory SAXS-instrument mimicking the type sold by SAXSlab/JJ-Xray Systems.
SAXS_saxlab			instr	SAXSLab small-angle scattering (SAXS)
SOLEIL_ANATOMIX	Synchrotron SOLEIL	J. Perrin and E. Farhi	instr	The ANATOMIX tomography beam-line at Synchrotron SOLEIL.
SOLEIL_CASSIOPEE	SOLEIL	François Bertran	instr	CASSIOPEE beamline at SOLEIL
SOLEIL_DIFFABS	SOLEIL	E. Farhi and D. Thiaudiere	instr	SOLEIL DIFFABS Combining X‐ray diffraction and absorption to study a large variety of materials
SOLEIL_DISCO	SOLEIL	Stephane Bac, Emmanuel Farhi, Antoine Padovani	instr	DISCO beam-line at SOLEIL, imaging branch
SOLEIL_LUCIA	SOLEIL	E. Farhi	instr	A simple model for LUCIA at SOLEIL (fluorescence).
SOLEIL_MARS	SOLEIL	IGUILIZ Salah-Eddine, MENUT Denis and FARHI Emmanuel.	instr	The MARS beam-line at Synchrotron SOLEIL.
SOLEIL_PSICHE	SOLEIL	Emmanuel FARHI	instr	A simple model of the PSICHE tomography/diffraction beam-line at Synchrotron SOLEIL.
SOLEIL_PX2a	Synchrotron SOLEIL	M. Savko and E. Farhi	instr	The PROXIMA-2a MX beam-line at Synchrotron SOLEIL.
SOLEIL_ROCK	SOLEIL	Stephane Bac, Antoine Padovani, Emmanuel Farhi	instr	ROCK beam-line at SOLEIL
SOLEIL_SIXS	SOLEIL	E. Farhi, A. Resta, A. Coati	instr	A simple model for the SIXS beam-line at SOLEIL (surface diffraction).
SOLEIL_SWING	SOLEIL	E. Farhi, S. Bac	instr	A simple model for the SWING beam-line at SOLEIL (small angle scattering, SAXS).
SSRL_bl_11_2_not_white_src	Synchrotron Soleil	Stephane Bac, Antoine Padovani	instr	Simulating the beamline 11-2 of SSRL to reproduce their glitches database. The source is chosen to not be white in this instrument to increase the detected photons, another .instr has a white source.
SSRL_bl_11_2_white_src	Synchrotron Soleil	Stephane Bac, Antoine Padovani	instr	Simulating the beamline 11-2 of SSRL to reproduce their glitches database.
Focal_pt_monitor	DTU Physics	Erik B Knudsen (erkn@fysik.dtu.dk)	instr	Template for creating a focal point monitor.
Template_1Slit_Diff	DTU Physics	Erik B Knudsen (erkn@fysik.dtu.dk)	instr	An example instrument showing single slit diffraction
Template_2Slit_Diff	DTU Physics	Erik B Knudsen (erkn@fysik.dtu.dk)	instr	An example instrument showing a Young's double slit experiment
Template_Johann_spec	DTU Physics	Erik B Knudsen (erkn@fysik.dtu.dk)	instr	Template instrument for a curved crystal Johann-spectrometer
template_simple			instr	[Put here the instrument short description]
Be_BM_beamline	Risø DTU	E. Knudsen (erkn@risoe.dtu.dk)	instr	Be-lens Bending Magnet, Low Budget Monochromatic (pink) X-ray beamline
Test_Detector_pn	DTU Physics	Erik B Knudsen	instr	Unit test for Detector_pn
Test_monitors	DTU Physics	Erik B Knudsen (erkn@fysik.dtu.dk)	instr	Unit test instrument for various monitors.
Test_MCPL_input	DTU	Erik B Knudsen	instr	A test instrument for MCPL_input
Test_MCPL_output	DTU	Erik B Knudsen	instr	A test instrument for MCPL_output
Test_RNG_rand01	DTU	Peter Willendrup	instr	Instrument to get basic test output from random number generator.
Test_RNG_randnorm	DTU	Peter Willendrup	instr	Instrument to get basic test output from random number generator.
Test_RNG_randpm1	DTU	Peter Willendrup	instr	Instrument to get basic test output from random number generator.
Test_RNG_randtriangle	DTU	Peter Willendrup	instr	Instrument to get basic test output from random number generator.
Test_RNG_randvec_target_circle	DTU	Peter Willendrup	instr	Instrument to get basic test output from random number generator.
Test_RNG_randvec_target_rect	DTU	Peter Willendrup	instr	Instrument to get basic test output from random number generator.
Test_RNG_randvec_target_rect_angular	DTU	Peter Willendrup	instr	Instrument to get basic test output from random number generator.
Test_GROUP	DTU	Erik Knudsen, Peter Willendrup	instr	Tests that GROUP logic works as expected
Template_DCM	DTU Physics	Erik B Knudsen	instr	Template for a vertically defleting DCM
Test_CRL	DTU Physics	Erik B Knudsen (erkn@fysik.dtu.dk)	instr	Unit test instrument for various lens components.
Test_CRL_Be	SOLEIL	Antoine Padovani	instr	Test of a compound refractive lenses
Test_Filter	Risø DTU	Erik Knudsen (erkn@risoe.dtu.dk)	instr	Test instrument for checking the Filter.comp component
Test_KB	SOLEIL	Antoine Padovani	instr	Test of Kirkpatrick Baez (KB) mirrors
Test_ML_elliptic	Your institution	Your name (email)	instr	Unit test instrument for Multilayer_elliptic
Test_Mask	DTU Physics	Erik B Knudsen (erkn@fysik.dtu.dk)	instr	A unit test instrument of the Mask component
Test_Mirror_toroid	DTU Physics	Erik B Knudsen (erkn@fysik.dtu.dk)	instr	Unit test instrument to check that Mirrror_toroid is working
Test_Mirrors	DTU Physics	Erik B Knudsen (erkn@fysik.dtu.dk)	instr	Unit test instrument to check that Mirrors are working
Test_Mono	NBI,Risø DTU Physics	A. Vickery, A. Prodi and E. Knudsen	instr	Compares intensities of Monochromator components.
Test_capillary	DTU Physics	E. B: Knudsen	instr	Unit test instrument for the capillary tube component.
Test_grating_reflect	Synchrotron Soleil	Stephane Bac, Antoine Padovani	instr	Unit-test instrument for the Grating reflect component.
Test_grating_trans	DTU Physics	Erik B Knudsen (erkn@fysik.dtu.dk)	instr	Template/test instrument for Grating_trans
Test_mirror_elliptic	Synchrotron Soleil	A. Padovani	instr	Unit-test instrument for the Mirror_elliptic component.
Test_mirror_parabolic	DTU Physics	Erik B Knudsen (erkn@fysik.dtu.dk)	instr	Unit test instrument for Mirror_parabolic
test_File	ESS	Greg Tucker	instr	Demonstrates how to use the File.comp component for storing instrument input-files as METADATA blocks
Template_SasView	DTU Physics / ESS DMSC	Torben Nielsen	instr	Test instrument for the SasView_model component. No optics. etc.
Test_Absorption	Synchrotron SOLEIL	E. Farhi (emmanuel.farhi@synchrotron-soleil.fr)	instr	Example instrument to compare material absorption components.
Test_Air	DTU Physics	Erik B Knudsen (erkn@fysik.dtu.dk)	instr	Unit test for the Air component
Test_FluoPowder	Synchrotron Soleil	Emmanuel Farhi (emmanuel.farhi.synchrotron-soleil.fr)	instr	Unit-test instrument for the FluoPowder sample component.
Test_Fluorescence	Synchrotron SOLEIL	E. Farhi (emmanuel.farhi@synchrotron-soleil.fr)	instr	Example instrument to test the Fluorescence sample.
Test_PowderN	DTU Physics	Erik B Knudsen (erkn@fysik.dtu.dk)	instr	Unit-test instrument for the PowderN sample component.
Test_SAXS	KU-Science	Martin Cramer Pedersen (mcpe@nbi.dk) and Søren Kynde (kynde@nbi.dk)	instr	Toy model used for testing various sample components for solution-SAXS.
Test_SX	Synchrotron Soleil	E. Farhi	instr	Unit-test instrument for the Single_crystal sample component. Simply a model source illuminating a SX sample. The default sample itself is a Mo bulk crystal.
Test_Saxs_spheres	Your institution	Your name (email)	instr	Test instrument for the Saxs_spheres sample component. Simply a model source illuminating a Saxs_spheres sample. The spheres are nominally made from Be in non-absorbing solution.
Test_Sqw	DTU	E. Farhi	instr	Test output of Isotropic_Sqw on a spherical monitor.
Test_BM	DTU Physics	Erik B Knudsen (erkn@fysik.dtu.dk)	instr	Test instrument for the Bending_magnet component
Test_Source_quasi	DTU Fysik	Erik B Knudsen (erkn@fysik.dtu.dk)	instr	Test instrument to show that the quasi-stcohastic source component works
Test_Sources	DTU Fysik	Erik B Knudsen (erkn@fysik.dtu.dk)	instr	Test instrument to show that the source components work
Test_source_lab	DTU Physics	Erik B Knudsen	instr	Unit test instrument for the Source_lab component
Test_source_spectra	DTU Physics	Erik B Knudsen (erkn@fysik.dtu.dk)	instr	Test instrument for the Source_spectra component
Test_undulator	DTU Physics	Erik B Knudsen	instr	Unit test instrument for the Undulator component
XFEL_SPB	DTU Fysik	Erik B Knudsen (erkn@fysik.dtu.dk)	instr	European XFEL SPB beamline (on SASE1)

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