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MultipleScatteringCylinderAbsorption v1

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MultipleScatteringCylinderAbsorption dialog.

Summary

Multiple scattering absorption correction, originally used to correct vanadium spectrum at IPNS.

Properties

Name Direction Type Default Description
InputWorkspace Input MatrixWorkspace Mandatory The name of the input workspace.
OutputWorkspace Output MatrixWorkspace Mandatory The name of the output workspace.
AttenuationXSection Input number 2.8 Coefficient 1, absorption cross section / 1.81 if not set with SetSampleMaterial
ScatteringXSection Input number 5.1 Coefficient 3, total scattering cross section if not set with SetSampleMaterial
SampleNumberDensity Input number 0.0721 Coefficient 2, density if not set with SetSampleMaterial
CylinderSampleRadius Input number 0.3175 Sample radius, in cm

Description

This algorithm is a port to C++ of a multiple scattering absorption correction, used to correct the vanadium spectrum for the GPPD instrument at the IPNS. The correction calculation was originally worked out by Jack Carpenter and Asfia Huq and implemented in Java by Alok Chatterjee. The java code was translated to C++ in Mantid by Dennis Mikkelson.

  • Elastic scattering is assumed

In [1]__ we see that the calculation of the attenuation factor F involves an integral over the sample cylinder. By expanding the integrands as a power series, we can factor out any dependence on scattering cross section and radius. These integral terms are denoted by Z_{mn} and so we may write:

\frac{1}{F} = \sum_{m=0}^\infty\sum_{n=0}^\infty\frac{(-1)^{m+n}}{m!n!}(\mu R)^{m+n} Z_{mn}(\theta)

where \mu is the inverse scattering length.

The functions Z_{mn}(\theta) are written in terms of Chebyshev expansion coefficients:

Z_{mn}(\theta) = \sum_{s=0}^\infty c_{s}(m,n)cos(s\theta)

where the Chebyshev coefficients c_{s}(m,n) up to m + n \leqslant 5 have been tabulated and are stored as an array by the algorithm.

Usage

Example: A simple cylindrical sample

ws = CreateSampleWorkspace("Histogram",NumBanks=1,BankPixelWidth=1)
ws = ConvertUnits(ws,"Wavelength")
ws = Rebin(ws,Params=[1])
SetSampleMaterial(ws,ChemicalFormula="V")

#restrict the number of wavelength points to speed up the example
wsOut = MultipleScatteringCylinderAbsorption(ws,CylinderSampleRadius=0.2)

print("Output:  {}".format(wsOut.readY(0)))

Output:

Output:  [  6.1210107    6.57502041  19.47638255   7.58160094   8.13860778
   2.33885171]

References

[1]J.M. Carpenter Attenuation Correction Factor for Scattering from Cylindrical Targets Review of Scientific Instruments 40.4 (1969): 555. doi: 10.1063/1.1684003
[2]D.F.R. Mildner, J.M. Carpenter, and C.A. Pelizzari Generalized Attenuation Correction Factor for Scattering from Cylindrical Targets Review of Scientific Instruments 45.4 (1974): 572. doi: 10.1063/1.1686687
[3]D.F.R. Mildner and J.M.Carpenter Improvements to the Chebyshev Expansion of Attenuation Correction Factors for Cylindrical Samples. J Appl Crystallogr 23.5 (1990): 378–386 doi: 10.1107/S0021889890005258

See also

Algorithm MayersSampleCorrection v1

Categories: Algorithms | CorrectionFunctions\AbsorptionCorrections

Source

C++ source: MultipleScatteringCylinderAbsorption.cpp (last modified: 2017-11-29)

C++ header: MultipleScatteringCylinderAbsorption.h (last modified: 2018-02-22)