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Name | Direction | Type | Default | Description |
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InputWorkspace | Input | MatrixWorkspace | Mandatory | Input workspace with X units in TOF. The workspace must also have a sample with a cylindrical shape and an instrument with a defined source and sample position. |
MultipleScattering | Input | boolean | False | If True then also correct for the effects of multiple scattering.Please note that the MS correction assumes the scattering is elastic. |
OutputWorkspace | Output | MatrixWorkspace | Mandatory | An output workspace. |
Calculates and applies corrections due to the effects of absorption, and optionally multiple scattering, to the signal and error values for a given workspace. The full background to the algorithm is described by Lindley et al. [1] and is briefly described here.
The aim is to correct the number of neutrons detected at a given detector () to compute the number of incident neutrons ():
where is the sample number density, is the sample volume, is the self-shielding factor, is the scattering cross section, is the detector efficiency, is the solid angle and is the ratio of twice to once scattered intensity.
The following assumptions are made:
the sample shape is a cylinder
The input time of flight range combined with the cylinder radius () and scattering cross-sections gives a range of for the cylinder, where is the inverse attenutation length. The range is divided in to a discrete number of points for each point:
A weighted least-squares fit is applied to both the set of attenuation and multiple scattering factors to allow interpolation of the correction factor from any time-of-flight value in the input range. For each time-of-flight value the factor is computed from the fit coefficients and the correction applied multiplicatively:
The above procedure is repeated separately for each spectrum in the workspace.
Example - Correct Vanadium For Both Absorption & Multiple Scattering
# Define function to create sample shape
def cylinder_sample(workspace, radius, height):
radius_m = radius/100.
height_m = height/100.
xml = '<cylinder id="sample">' \
'<centre-of-bottom-base x="0.0" y="{0}" z="0.0" />' \
'<axis x="0.0" y="1.0" z="0" />' \
'<radius val="{1}" />' \
'<height val="{2}" />'\
'</cylinder>'.format(0.5*height_m, radius_m, height_m)
CreateSampleShape(InputWorkspace=workspace, ShapeXML=xml)
#enddef
# Create a fake workspace with TOF data
sample_ws = CreateSampleWorkspace(Function='Powder Diffraction',
NumBanks=1,BankPixelWidth=1,XUnit='TOF',
XMin=1000,XMax=10000)
cyl_height_cm = 4
cyl_radius_cm = 0.25
cylinder_sample(sample_ws, cyl_radius_cm, cyl_height_cm)
# Vanadium material
material = 'V'
num_density = 0.07261
SetSampleMaterial(sample_ws, ChemicalFormula=material,
SampleNumberDensity=num_density)
# Run corrections
corrected_sample = MayersSampleCorrection(sample_ws,
MultipleScattering=True)
# Print a bin
print "Uncorrected signal: {0:.4f}".format(sample_ws.readY(0)[25])
print "Corrected signal: {0:.4f}".format(corrected_sample.readY(0)[25])
Output:
Uncorrected signal: 0.0556
Corrected signal: 0.0120
[1] | Lindley, E.J., & Mayers, J. Cywinski, R. (Ed.). (1988). Experimental method and corrections to data. United Kingdom: Adam Hilger. - https://inis.iaea.org/search/search.aspx?orig_q=RN:20000574 |
Categories: Algorithms | CorrectionFunctions\AbsorptionCorrections