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The Test_grating_trans Instrument
Template/test instrument for Grating_trans
Identification
- Site: Tests_optics
- Author: Erik B Knudsen (erkn@fysik.dtu.dk)
- Origin: DTU Physics
- Date: Aug 21
Description
A simple test insrument for the transmission grating component. Two examples of gratings are included matching those in the Chandra X-ray Observatory
Input parameters
Parameters in boldface are required; the others are optional.| Name | Unit | Description | Default |
| E0 | keV | Central energy to emit from the source. | 1 |
| dE | kEV | Half energy spread of source. | 0.001 |
| GD | m | Distance from grating to detector. | 1 |
| Rx | deg | Rotation of grating around the X-axis. | 0 |
| Ry | deg | Rotation of grating around the Y-axis. | 0 |
| Rz | deg | Rotation of grating around the Z-axis. | 0 |
| MEG | Flag to chosse between the two included gratings. 1: medium energy grating (MEG), 0: high energy grating (HEG). | 0 |
Links
- Source code for
Test_grating_trans.instr. - https://cxc.harvard.edu/proposer/POG/html/chap8.html#tb:hetg-params
[ Identification | Description | Input parameters | Links ]
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