Neutron instrument simulation and optimization using the software package VITESS

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5536, Issue , 2004, Pages 134-145

  Lieutenant, Klaus ^a   Zsigmond, Geza ^a,b   Manoshin, Sergey ^a   Fromme, Michael ^a   Bordallo, Heloisa N ^a   Champion, J Dickon M ^c   Peters, Judith ^a   Mezei, Ferenc ^a,d  

^a HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Monte Carlo simulations; Neutron scattering instruments; Numerical optimization; Optical devices; Software package

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; NEUTRON SCATTERING; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL DEVICES; OPTIMIZATION; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

LINUX; NEUTRON SCATTERING INSTRUMENTS; NUMERICAL OPTIMIZATION; SOFTWARE PACKAGE; SPALLATION;

NEUTRONS;

EID: 15944368900     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.562814     Document Type: Conference Paper

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