"N Beta" in TOPAS Full Axial Model

2013-12-19 Thread Allen, Douglas R.
Can anyone tell me the meaning and possible setting for the "N Beta" item in the Full Axial Model on the Instrument Parmeters page of TOPAS. We have always used a setting of 20 but I have no idea why or what it means. ++ Please do NOT a

Re: "N Beta" in TOPAS Full Axial Model

2013-12-19 Thread Matthew Rowles
From the Tech Ref: [axial_n_beta #20]: Define the number of rays emanating from a point X-ray source in the axial plane. Larger values for axial_n_beta increases both accuracy and calculation time. Looks like Alan is doing some sort of ray tracing to calculate the peak profiles. On 20 December 2

RE: "N Beta" in TOPAS Full Axial Model

2013-12-19 Thread Allen, Douglas R.
Thanks. It seems I should learn how to use the search function in my PDF reader. Searching on "beta" turns up the same reference you gave that I could not find by manually scanning the manual for an hour. From: Matthew Rowles [mailto:rowle...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2013 3:31