[Neutron] Call for contributions to McStas 2.0

[Peter Kjær Willendrup]

Hello everyone,


The McStas development team is currently busy preparing McStas 2.0 for release in april this year. We would therefore warmly welcome any user contribution in terms of:


 *   New components
 *   Improved components
 *   Example instruments
 *   Useful scripts, tools etc.

The only requirements for submission of a contribution are: Reasonably readable code and an good example instrument showing the use of the contribution.

To contribute, please contact one of the core team developers.

The current list of new features / improvements to McStas 2.0 includes:


 *   Components:
    *   Uniformized parameter naming across components (breaks some backward compatibility for user-instruments) - But just send problematic cases along!
    *   Support for any shape in our sample components and some optics components, facilitated via Geomview OFF format
    *   First use of Geomview OFF format in neutron optics components: Guide_anyshape (E. Farhi)
    *   Updated version of the ESS_moderator_long (K. Lefmann) component including
       *   Bi-spectral mode (H. Jacobsen, E. Klinkby)
       *   Updated geometry wrt. ESS baseline geometry (E. Klinkby)
       *   Multi-pulse mode
    *   Bug-fixed version of SNS_source (G. Granroth), removes runtime error on Windows systems, implements MPI
    *   Updates to various other components
 *   General:
    *   "Best practice" document for selection of right neutron source parameters (common with Vitess)
 *   Example instruments:
    *   A richer suite of example instruments with more thorough testing of components
 *   Polarization:
    *   All components support polarized neutron simulations
    *   Possibility for nesting magnetic fields, e.g. for stray fields
    *   Standardized method for neutron propagation in tabulated magnetic fields (e.g. from Radia or freefem)
 *   Tool layer / package infrastructure:
    *   Independent core- component- and tool packages:
       *   New Python/matplotlib based solution
       *   Legacy Perl/PGPLOT based solution
    *   Interface-code for the iFit data analysis package http://ifit.mccode.org



Best regards,

Peter Willendrup


Peter Kjær Willendrup
Development engineer

DTU Physics





Technical University of Denmark



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