Monte Carlo simulations of neutron scattering instruments by VITESS: Virtual instrumentation tool for ESS

The design of the inelastic neutron scattering mode for the Extreme Environment Diffractometer with the 26 T High Field Magnet

“…All the Monte Carlo simulations were performed using VITESS [18,19], a neutron ray-tracing software package developed at HZB. The neutron guide simulations were performed using VITESS 3.0, and the spectrometer resolution simulations using VITESS 3.2.…”

News and Reports

“…The last five years have seen a large development in such neutron simulation packages. In Europe, McStas, RESTRAX, and VITESS are being developed [1][2][3], while the United States develops IDEAS and NISP [4,5]. All these packages are freeware, but still compete for users on a friendly basis, which also involves a large amount of collaboration.…”

Polycrystalline neutron scattering for Geant4: NXSG4

“…The simulations have been realised by creating individual sample modules for the McStas [23,24] and Vitess [25,26] neutron ray-tracing software packages. Both programs provide a framework to simulate a large variety of instruments at existing and future neutron reactor and spallation sources.…”