shadow4

shadow implementation in python

Project description

Ray tracing package for optical systems targeted for x-ray and synchrotron optics.

Shadow4 can be installed with Python 3.x:

$ python -m pip install shadow4

A graphical interface is available under Oasys: https://github.com/oasys-kit/OASYS1-shadow4

A main publication is under preparation. Other notes or papers with methods and algorithms related to SHADOW4 are:

Modelling undulators in ray tracing simulations https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2410.13672
Ray tracing simulations of bending magnet sources with SHADOW4 https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2406.16446
Conic Surfaces and Transformations for X-Ray Beamline Optics Modeling https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2406.04079