McStas

McStas

Developer(s)	Risø / ILL / KU
Stable release	1.12a
Development status	Active
Written in	C / Perl
Operating system	Cross-platform
Platform	Cross-platform
Available in	C / Domain Specific Language
Type	Monte Carlo Simulation
License	GNU Lesser General Public License
Website	http://www.mcstas.org/

McStas is an Open Source software simulator for neutron scattering experiments. The software consists of a compiler that translates instrument and component definitions to C code.

The basics of McStas was written in 1997 at Risø for simulation of their neutron experiments. It is currently developed at Risø (even though their reactors has been shut down) and Institut Laue-Langevin, with recent added involvement from the Niels Bohr Institute and Paul Scherrer Institute. Involvement from European Spallation Source is expected soon, since the Swedish/Danish bid won.

Official partner sites are

• Risø DTU
• Institut Laue-Langevin
• Niels Bohr Institute
• Paul Scherrer Institute

External links

• http://mcstas.org