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AlphaCalc v1

Summary

Muon algorithm for calculating the detector efficiency between two groups of detectors.

See Also

AsymmetryCalc, CalculateMuonAsymmetry

Properties

Name	Direction	Type	Default	Description
InputWorkspace	Input	MatrixWorkspace	Mandatory	Name of the input workspace
ForwardSpectra	Input	int list	1	The spectra numbers of the forward group (default to 1)
BackwardSpectra	Input	int list	2	The spectra numbers of the backward group (default to 2)
FirstGoodValue	Input	number	Optional	First good value (default lowest value of x)
LastGoodValue	Input	number	Optional	Last good value (default highest value of x)
Alpha	Output	number		The alpha efficiency (default to 1.0)

Description

Returns the relative efficiency of the forward detector group compared to the backward detector group. If Alpha is larger than 1 more counts has been collected in the forward group.

Note

This algorithm leaves the input workspace unchanged. To group detectors in a workspace use MuonGroupDetectors v1.

Usage

Example - Calculating Alpha:

y = [1,1,1,1,1] + [2,2,2,2,2]
x = [1,2,3,4,5,6] * 2
input = CreateWorkspace(x,y, NSpec=2)

alpha = AlphaCalc(input)

print('Alpha value: {0:.3f}'.format(alpha))

Output:

Alpha value: 0.500

Example - Calculating Alpha, reversing forward and backward spectra:

y = [1,1,1,1,1] + [2,2,2,2,2]
x = [1,2,3,4,5,6] * 2
input = CreateWorkspace(x,y, NSpec=2)

alpha = AlphaCalc(input,
                  ForwardSpectra=[2],
                  BackwardSpectra=[1])

print('Alpha value: {0:.3f}'.format(alpha))

Output:

Alpha value: 2.000

Categories: AlgorithmIndex | Muon

Source

C++ header: AlphaCalc.h

C++ source: AlphaCalc.cpp