Component Manual for the Xray-Tracing Package McXtrace, version 3.8.6

14.18  The MM_h McXtrace Component

Date: Feb. 2017 Version: 1.1 Release: McXtrace 1.2 Origin: DTU Physics, DTU Space

Single Pore as part of the Silicon Pore Optics (SPO) as envisioned for the ATHENA+ space telescope.

Identification

Description

A single pore is simulated, which may have thick walls. The top and bottom are curved cylindrically azimuthally, and according to the Wolter I optic lengthwise (sagitally). This is the hyperbolic part. The azimuthal curvature is defined by the radius parameters.

To intersect the Wolter I plates we take advatage of the azimuthal symmetry and only consider the radial component of the photon’s wavevector.

Example: MM_h( pore_th=0, ring_nr=1, Z0=12, pore_width=0.83e-3, pore_height=0.605e-3, chamfer_width=0.17e-3, mirror_reflec=”mirror_coating_unity.txt”, R_d=0, size_file=”ref_design_breaks.txt”)

Input parameters

Parameters in boldface are required; the others are optional.

Name

Unit

Description

Default

pore_th

ring_nr

Z0

m

Distance between intersection plane and the focal spot (essentially focal length).

pore_height

m

Height of the pore. (Hence the inner radii are radius_{m,h}-pore_height)

pore_width

chamfer_width

0

gap

m

Gap between intersection with parabolic section and actual plate.

0

zdepth

0

mirror_reflec

Data file containing reflectivities of the reflector surface (TOP).

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bottom_reflec

Data file containing reflectivities of the bottom surface (BOTTOM).

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side_reflec

Data file containing reflectivities of the side walls (LEFT and RIGHT).

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size_file

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non_specular_file

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R_d

Default reflectivity value to use if no reflectivity file is given. Useful f.i. is one surface is reflecting and the others absorbing.

1

waviness

0

longw

0

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