[mcxtrace-users] Errors when using Mirror_curved.comp and Mirror_elliptic.comp(McXtrace 1.7)

[Peter Kjær Willendrup]

Dear Yangkang Wu,


Thank you for reaching out about your McXtrace 1.7 issues.


In regard to your compilation-issue with Mirror_elliptic.comp you are completely right, the version shipped with v. 1.7 contained errors.

The component has already been corrected by Antoine Pado from SOLEIL. You may download the updated component via this link:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/McStasMcXtrace/McCode/master/mcxtrace-comps/optics/Mirror_elliptic.comp


In regard to your issue with Mirror_curved I am not completely convinced there is a problem, but will of course investigate further.
In the meantime, please study how the component is used in the example instruments of your McXtrace 1.7 version. The mirror is in use in several instrument models:

JJ_SAXS.instr
MAXII_711.instr
MAXII_811.instr
MAXIV_Bloch.instr
MAXIV_FemtoMAX.instr
SOLEIL_ROCK.instr
XFEL_SPB.instr

In XFEL_SPB.instr Mirror_curved is used in a Kirkpatrick-Baez geometry and seems to work as expected.

Best regards,
Peter Willendrup



On 18 Oct 2022, at 17.51, 吴燕康 <wuyk21 at mails.tsinghua.edu.cn<mailto:wuyk21 at mails.tsinghua.edu.cn>> wrote:

    I am using McXtrace v1.7 to simulate Kirkpatrick-Baez focusing.Recently,I encountered some problems when I used two components  (Mirror_curved.comp and Mirror_elliptic.comp) for X-ray optical tracing.

    The position of the cylindrical mirror was wrong. If this instrument contains Mirror_elliptic.comp, there will be an error that the compiler translates the instrument definition into a Monte Carlo simulation program provided in ISO-C,some parameters undeclared. When using a cylindrical mirror, the mirror will be extended from the center of the mirror, backward along the z-axis to the aperture position and forward along the z-axis to the length of a mirror.

    This is obviously not true. I have proven it in the attached document. But so far, I haven’t found the solution to this problem, and the purpose of writing this letter is to sincerely ask for advice.

    Any help would be appreciated.

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