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The Shadow_input Component

Read x-ray state parameters from SHADOW x-ray event file.

Identification

• Site:
• Author: Andrea Prodi
• Origin: Risoe/ILL
• Date: November 21, 2011

Description

Source-like component reading x-ray state parameters from a
SHADOW x-ray event file. Used to interface McXtrace components or
simulations into SHADOW.

Example: Shadow_input(file="MySource.00", bufsize = 10000, repeat_count = 2)

Input parameters

Parameters in boldface are required; the others are optional.

Name	Unit	Description	Default
file	string	Filename of x-ray file to read. Default (NULL) is standard input. Empty string "" unactivates component	""
bufsize	records	Size of x-ray input buffer	10000
repeat_count	1	Number of times to repeat each x-ray read	1

AT (	,	,		) RELATIVE		Generate
ROTATED (	,	,		) RELATIVE

Links

• Source code for Shadow_input.comp.

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