openmc.Source

class openmc.Source(space=None, angle=None, energy=None, time=None, filename=None, library=None, parameters=None, strength=1.0, particle='neutron')

Distribution of phase space coordinates for source sites.

Parameters

• space (openmc.stats.Spatial) – Spatial distribution of source sites

• angle (openmc.stats.UnitSphere) – Angular distribution of source sites

• energy (openmc.stats.Univariate) – Energy distribution of source sites

• time (openmc.stats.Univariate) – time distribution of source sites

• filename (str) – Source file from which sites should be sampled

• library (str) – Path to a custom source library

• parameters (str) –

  Parameters to be provided to the custom source library

  New in version 0.12.

• strength (float) – Strength of the source

• particle ({'neutron', 'photon'}) – Source particle type

Variables

• space (openmc.stats.Spatial or None) – Spatial distribution of source sites

• angle (openmc.stats.UnitSphere or None) – Angular distribution of source sites

• energy (openmc.stats.Univariate or None) – Energy distribution of source sites

• time (openmc.stats.Univariate or None) – time distribution of source sites

• file (str or None) – Source file from which sites should be sampled

• library (str or None) – Path to a custom source library

• parameters (str) – Parameters to be provided to the custom source library

• strength (float) – Strength of the source

• particle ({'neutron', 'photon'}) – Source particle type

classmethod from_xml_element(elem)

Generate source from an XML element

Parameters

elem (xml.etree.ElementTree.Element) – XML element

Returns

Source generated from XML element

Return type

openmc.Source

to_xml_element()

Return XML representation of the source

Returns

element – XML element containing source data

Return type

xml.etree.ElementTree.Element