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SHADOW3: a new version of the synchrotron X-ray optics modelling package
Manuel Sanchez del Rio1, Niccolo Canestrari, Fan Jiang
1European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Grenoble, France. srio@esrf.eu
Abstract:
A new version of the popular X-ray tracing code SHADOW is presented. An important step has been made in restructuring the code following new computer engineering standards, ending with a modular Fortran 2003 structure and an application programming interface (API). The new code has been designed to be compatible with the original file-oriented SHADOW philosophy, but simplifying the compilation, installation and use. In addition, users can now become programmers using the newly designed SHADOW3 API for creating scripts, macros and programs; being able to deal with optical system optimization, image simulation, and also low transmission calculations requiring a large number of rays (>10(6)). Plans for future development and questions on how to accomplish them are also discussed.
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