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authorThomas White <taw@physics.org>2009-11-20 17:53:00 +0100
committerThomas White <taw@physics.org>2009-11-20 17:53:00 +0100
commitf7f13c14c8a742888324518f0cb64ce1c99d9d1c (patch)
treec300455fe033eccc162376debc3dc303557d9b6f /src/detector.c
parent1a2e14c4c22f2e36bee3e294e86a21dcad47b00f (diff)
Clearer solid angle calculation
Diffstat (limited to 'src/detector.c')
-rw-r--r--src/detector.c10
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/detector.c b/src/detector.c
index 1c09b149..41019551 100644
--- a/src/detector.c
+++ b/src/detector.c
@@ -138,17 +138,17 @@ void record_image(struct image *image)
{
int x, y;
double ph_per_e;
- double twotheta_max, np, sa_per_pixel;
+ double sa_per_pixel;
/* How many photons are scattered per electron? */
ph_per_e = PULSE_ENERGY_DENSITY * pow(THOMSON_LENGTH, 2.0)
/ image->xray_energy;
printf("%e photons are scattered per electron\n", ph_per_e);
- twotheta_max = image->twotheta[0];
- np = sqrt(pow(image->x_centre, 2.0) + pow(image->y_centre, 2.0));
- sa_per_pixel = pow(2.0 * twotheta_max / np, 2.0);
- printf("sa per pixel=%e\n", sa_per_pixel);
+ /* Solid angle subtended by a single pixel at the centre of the CCD */
+ sa_per_pixel = pow(1.0/image->resolution, 2.0) / image->camera_len;
+ printf("Solid angle of pixel (at centre of CCD) = %e sr\n",
+ sa_per_pixel);
image->hdr = malloc(image->width * image->height * sizeof(double));