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# The `BNL_H8` Instrument

The former thermal H8 triple-axis spectrometer from Brookhaven reactor

## Identification

- Site: BNL
- Author: Emmanuel Farhi
- Origin: ILL (France)
- Date: 1st Feb 2001.

## Description

    This instrument is a simple model of the thermal H8 triple-axis spectrometer
    from former Brookhaven reactor. It is directly illuminated by the moderator,
    and has flat monochromator and analyzer. Sample is a vanadium cylinder.
    Such an instrument was used for the Monte Carlo neutron simulation package
    cross comparison related in paper "A Model Instrument for Monte Carlo Code
    Comparisons", Neutron News 13 (No. 4), 24-29 (2002).

## Input parameters

Parameters in boldface are required; the others are optional.

Name | Unit | Description | Default
lambda | Angs | source energy | 2.36

## Links

- Source code for `BNL_H8.instr`.
- Neutron News 13 (No. 4), 24-29 (2002).

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