About:
McStas is a computer program (written in C) that enables you to model very precisely a neutron instrument described as a series of various components. A source component shoots each neutron randomly (Monte-Carlo), and the particle is then propagated through the different instrument components. These later act on the neutron characteristics (position, speed, direction, spin, etc.). Usually, one installs some detectors along the neutron path to monitor its characteristics and flux.

Author:
K. Nielsen, K. Lefmann, PO Åstrand, E. Farhi, P. Willendrup <neutron __dash__ mc __at__ risoe __dot__ dk> [contact developer]

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Homepage:
http://www.mcstas.org/
Tar/GZ:
http://www.mcstas.org/cvs/McStas-Current-src.tar.gz
Changelog:
http://www.mcstas.org/developments/
CVS tree (cvsweb):
http://www.mcstas.org/cvs/
Bug tracker:
http://www.mcstas.org/McZilla/
Mailing list archive:
http://www.mcstas.org/list/
Demo site:
http://www.mcstas.org/webfront/

Trove categories: [change]

[Development Status]		5 - Production/Stable
[Environment]		Console (Text Based), Win32 (MS Windows), X11 Applications
[Intended Audience]		Developers, End Users/Desktop
[License]		OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)
[Operating System]		MacOS X, Microsoft :: Windows, POSIX :: Linux, Unix
[Programming Language]		C, Perl
[Topic]		Education, Scientific/Engineering

Dependencies: [change]
gcc (required)
Perl 5.6.1 (recommended)
Scilab 2.7 (recommended)
Matlab (optional)
[download links]

 Branches

Branch	Version	Last release	License	URLs
Development	1.6-ill	05-Dec-2001	GNU General Public License (GPL)
Stable	1.10	01-Jun-2007	GNU General Public License (GPL)