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# CarpenterSampleCorrection v1¶

## Summary¶

Applies both absorption and multiple scattering corrections, originally used to correct vanadium spectrum at IPNS.

This algorithm is also known as: MultipleScatteringCylinderAbsorption

## 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

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.

This version of the correction follows the implementation in [1] in that it only calculates for the correction in-plane, unlike [2], [3] that generalizes the correction to out-of-plane.

This algorithm calls CalculateCarpenterSampleCorrection v1 to calculate both absorption and multiple scattering corrections and then applies both to the sample workspace.

## 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



Output:

Output:  [  6.1210107    6.57502041  19.47638255   7.58160094   8.13860778
2.33885171]