NXtas

Status:

application definition, extends NXobject

Description:

This is an application definition for a triple axis spectrometer.

It is for the trademark scan of the TAS, the Q-E scan. For your alignment scans use the rules in NXscan.

Symbols:

The symbol(s) listed here will be used below to coordinate datasets with the same shape.

nP: Number of points

Groups cited:

NXcrystal, NXdata, NXdetector, NXentry, NXinstrument, NXmonitor, NXsample, NXsource

Structure:

entry: (required) NXentry

title: (required) NX_CHAR

start_time: (required) NX_DATE_TIME

definition: (required) NX_CHAR

Official NeXus NXDL schema to which this file conforms

Obligatory value: NXtas

INSTRUMENT: (required) NXinstrument

SOURCE: (required) NXsource

name: (required) NX_CHAR

probe: (required) NX_CHAR

Any of these values: neutron | x-ray

monochromator: (required) NXcrystal

ei[nP]: (required) NX_FLOAT {units=NX_ENERGY}

rotation_angle[nP]: (required) NX_FLOAT {units=NX_ANGLE}

analyser: (required) NXcrystal

ef[nP]: (required) NX_FLOAT {units=NX_ENERGY}

rotation_angle[nP]: (required) NX_FLOAT {units=NX_ANGLE}

polar_angle[nP]: (required) NX_FLOAT {units=NX_ANGLE}

DETECTOR: (required) NXdetector

data[nP]: (required) NX_INT

polar_angle[nP]: (required) NX_FLOAT {units=NX_ANGLE}

SAMPLE: (required) NXsample

name: (required) NX_CHAR

Descriptive name of sample

qh[nP]: (required) NX_FLOAT {units=NX_DIMENSIONLESS}

qk[nP]: (required) NX_FLOAT {units=NX_DIMENSIONLESS}

ql[nP]: (required) NX_FLOAT {units=NX_DIMENSIONLESS}

en[nP]: (required) NX_FLOAT {units=NX_ENERGY}

rotation_angle[nP]: (required) NX_FLOAT {units=NX_ANGLE}

polar_angle[nP]: (required) NX_FLOAT {units=NX_ANGLE}

sgu[nP]: (required) NX_FLOAT {units=NX_ANGLE}

sgl[nP]: (required) NX_FLOAT {units=NX_ANGLE}

unit_cell[6]: (required) NX_FLOAT {units=NX_LENGTH}

orientation_matrix[9]: (required) NX_FLOAT {units=NX_DIMENSIONLESS}

MONITOR: (required) NXmonitor

mode: (required) NX_CHAR

Count to a preset value based on either clock time (timer) or received monitor counts (monitor).

Any of these values: monitor | timer

preset: (required) NX_FLOAT

preset value for time or monitor

data[nP]: (required) NX_FLOAT {units=NX_ANY}

Total integral monitor counts

DATA: (required) NXdata

One of the ei,ef,qh,qk,ql,en should get a primary=1 attribute to denote the main scan axis

ei: link (suggested target: /NXentry/NXinstrument/monochromator:NXcrystal/ei)

ef: link (suggested target: /NXentry/NXinstrument/analyser:NXcrystal/ef)

en: link (suggested target: /NXentry/NXsample/en)

qh: link (suggested target: /NXentry/NXsample/qh)

qk: link (suggested target: /NXentry/NXsample/qk)

ql: link (suggested target: /NXentry/NXsample/ql)

data: link (suggested target: /NXentry/NXinstrument/NXdetector/data)

Hypertext Anchors

Table of hypertext anchors for all groups, fields, attributes, and links defined in this class.

documentation (reST source) anchor

web page (HTML) anchor

/NXtas/entry-group

#nxtas-entry-group

/NXtas/entry/DATA-group

#nxtas-entry-data-group

/NXtas/entry/DATA/data-link

#nxtas-entry-data-data-link

/NXtas/entry/DATA/ef-link

#nxtas-entry-data-ef-link

/NXtas/entry/DATA/ei-link

#nxtas-entry-data-ei-link

/NXtas/entry/DATA/en-link

#nxtas-entry-data-en-link

/NXtas/entry/DATA/qh-link

#nxtas-entry-data-qh-link

/NXtas/entry/DATA/qk-link

#nxtas-entry-data-qk-link

/NXtas/entry/DATA/ql-link

#nxtas-entry-data-ql-link

/NXtas/entry/definition-field

#nxtas-entry-definition-field

/NXtas/entry/INSTRUMENT-group

#nxtas-entry-instrument-group

/NXtas/entry/INSTRUMENT/analyser-group

#nxtas-entry-instrument-analyser-group

/NXtas/entry/INSTRUMENT/analyser/ef-field

#nxtas-entry-instrument-analyser-ef-field

/NXtas/entry/INSTRUMENT/analyser/polar_angle-field

#nxtas-entry-instrument-analyser-polar-angle-field

/NXtas/entry/INSTRUMENT/analyser/rotation_angle-field

#nxtas-entry-instrument-analyser-rotation-angle-field

/NXtas/entry/INSTRUMENT/DETECTOR-group

#nxtas-entry-instrument-detector-group

/NXtas/entry/INSTRUMENT/DETECTOR/data-field

#nxtas-entry-instrument-detector-data-field

/NXtas/entry/INSTRUMENT/DETECTOR/polar_angle-field

#nxtas-entry-instrument-detector-polar-angle-field

/NXtas/entry/INSTRUMENT/monochromator-group

#nxtas-entry-instrument-monochromator-group

/NXtas/entry/INSTRUMENT/monochromator/ei-field

#nxtas-entry-instrument-monochromator-ei-field

/NXtas/entry/INSTRUMENT/monochromator/rotation_angle-field

#nxtas-entry-instrument-monochromator-rotation-angle-field

/NXtas/entry/INSTRUMENT/SOURCE-group

#nxtas-entry-instrument-source-group

/NXtas/entry/INSTRUMENT/SOURCE/name-field

#nxtas-entry-instrument-source-name-field

/NXtas/entry/INSTRUMENT/SOURCE/probe-field

#nxtas-entry-instrument-source-probe-field

/NXtas/entry/MONITOR-group

#nxtas-entry-monitor-group

/NXtas/entry/MONITOR/data-field

#nxtas-entry-monitor-data-field

/NXtas/entry/MONITOR/mode-field

#nxtas-entry-monitor-mode-field

/NXtas/entry/MONITOR/preset-field

#nxtas-entry-monitor-preset-field

/NXtas/entry/SAMPLE-group

#nxtas-entry-sample-group

/NXtas/entry/SAMPLE/en-field

#nxtas-entry-sample-en-field

/NXtas/entry/SAMPLE/name-field

#nxtas-entry-sample-name-field

/NXtas/entry/SAMPLE/orientation_matrix-field

#nxtas-entry-sample-orientation-matrix-field

/NXtas/entry/SAMPLE/polar_angle-field

#nxtas-entry-sample-polar-angle-field

/NXtas/entry/SAMPLE/qh-field

#nxtas-entry-sample-qh-field

/NXtas/entry/SAMPLE/qk-field

#nxtas-entry-sample-qk-field

/NXtas/entry/SAMPLE/ql-field

#nxtas-entry-sample-ql-field

/NXtas/entry/SAMPLE/rotation_angle-field

#nxtas-entry-sample-rotation-angle-field

/NXtas/entry/SAMPLE/sgl-field

#nxtas-entry-sample-sgl-field

/NXtas/entry/SAMPLE/sgu-field

#nxtas-entry-sample-sgu-field

/NXtas/entry/SAMPLE/unit_cell-field

#nxtas-entry-sample-unit-cell-field

/NXtas/entry/start_time-field

#nxtas-entry-start-time-field

/NXtas/entry/title-field

#nxtas-entry-title-field

NXDL Source:

https://github.com/FAIRmat-Experimental/nexus_definitions/tree/fairmat/applications/NXtas.nxdl.xml