XRMC
XRMC is a Monte Carlo program for accurate simulation of X-ray imaging and spectroscopy experiments in heterogeneous samples. The use of the Monte Carlo method makes the code suitable for the detailed simulation of complex experiments on generic samples. Variance reduction techniques are used for reducing considerably the computation time compared to general purpose Monte Carlo programs. The program is written in C++ and has been tested on Linux, Mac OS X and MS Windows platforms.
XRMC is released under the terms of the GPLv3.
| Website | https://github.com/golosio/xrmc |
| Licenses | GNU General Public License 3.0 |
| Categories | Spectroscopies XRF Monte Carlo |
| Software Requirements | Bash shell to run the configure script C++ compiler that supports OpenMP Optionally: XMI-MSIM |
| Hardware Requirements | - | Platforms | Mac OS Linux Windows |
| Languages | There are no languages associated to this software. |
| Input Formats | ASCII |
| Output Formats | There are no output formats associated to this software. |
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At Diamond Light SourceXRMC is installed into the modules system and can be loaded via: Simulations can then be started using: To quickly visualize output, consider using the For this utility to work, ensure that the detector.dat file contains the line: |
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| Documentation / Tutorials | |
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Documentation and examples can be found in the Github wiki pages |
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| References | |
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Golosio, B., Schoonjans, T., Brunetti, A., Oliva, P., & Masala, G. L. (2014). Monte Carlo simulation of X-ray imaging and spectroscopy experiments using quadric geometry and variance reduction techniques. Computer Physics Communications, 185(3), 1044-1052. DOI |
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| Instruments | This software is not associated to any instruments. |
