NXxas

Status:

application definition, extends NXobject

Description:

This is an application definition for raw data from an X-ray absorption spectroscopy experiment.

This is essentially a scan on energy versus incoming/ absorbed beam.

Symbols:

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

nP: Number of points

Groups cited:

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

Structure:

ENTRY: (required) NXentry

@entry: (required) NX_CHAR

NeXus convention is to use “entry1”, “entry2”, … for analysis software to locate each entry.

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: NXxas

INSTRUMENT: (required) NXinstrument

SOURCE: (required) NXsource

type: (required) NX_CHAR

name: (required) NX_CHAR

probe: (required) NX_CHAR

Obligatory value: x-ray

monochromator: (required) NXmonochromator

energy[nP]: (required) NX_FLOAT

incoming_beam: (required) NXdetector

data[nP]: (required) NX_INT

absorbed_beam: (required) NXdetector

data[nP]: (required) NX_INT

mark this field with attribute signal=1

SAMPLE: (required) NXsample

name: (required) NX_CHAR

Descriptive name of sample

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_INT

DATA: (required) NXdata

energy: link (suggested target: /entry/instrument/monochromator/energy)

absorbed_beam: link (suggested target: /entry/instrument/absorbed_beam/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

/NXxas/ENTRY-group

#nxxas-entry-group

/NXxas/ENTRY/DATA-group

#nxxas-entry-data-group

/NXxas/ENTRY/DATA/absorbed_beam-link

#nxxas-entry-data-absorbed-beam-link

/NXxas/ENTRY/DATA/energy-link

#nxxas-entry-data-energy-link

/NXxas/ENTRY/definition-field

#nxxas-entry-definition-field

/NXxas/ENTRY/INSTRUMENT-group

#nxxas-entry-instrument-group

/NXxas/ENTRY/INSTRUMENT/absorbed_beam-group

#nxxas-entry-instrument-absorbed-beam-group

/NXxas/ENTRY/INSTRUMENT/absorbed_beam/data-field

#nxxas-entry-instrument-absorbed-beam-data-field

/NXxas/ENTRY/INSTRUMENT/incoming_beam-group

#nxxas-entry-instrument-incoming-beam-group

/NXxas/ENTRY/INSTRUMENT/incoming_beam/data-field

#nxxas-entry-instrument-incoming-beam-data-field

/NXxas/ENTRY/INSTRUMENT/monochromator-group

#nxxas-entry-instrument-monochromator-group

/NXxas/ENTRY/INSTRUMENT/monochromator/energy-field

#nxxas-entry-instrument-monochromator-energy-field

/NXxas/ENTRY/INSTRUMENT/SOURCE-group

#nxxas-entry-instrument-source-group

/NXxas/ENTRY/INSTRUMENT/SOURCE/name-field

#nxxas-entry-instrument-source-name-field

/NXxas/ENTRY/INSTRUMENT/SOURCE/probe-field

#nxxas-entry-instrument-source-probe-field

/NXxas/ENTRY/INSTRUMENT/SOURCE/type-field

#nxxas-entry-instrument-source-type-field

/NXxas/ENTRY/MONITOR-group

#nxxas-entry-monitor-group

/NXxas/ENTRY/MONITOR/data-field

#nxxas-entry-monitor-data-field

/NXxas/ENTRY/MONITOR/mode-field

#nxxas-entry-monitor-mode-field

/NXxas/ENTRY/MONITOR/preset-field

#nxxas-entry-monitor-preset-field

/NXxas/ENTRY/SAMPLE-group

#nxxas-entry-sample-group

/NXxas/ENTRY/SAMPLE/name-field

#nxxas-entry-sample-name-field

/NXxas/ENTRY/start_time-field

#nxxas-entry-start-time-field

/NXxas/ENTRY/title-field

#nxxas-entry-title-field

/NXxas/ENTRY@entry-attribute

#nxxas-entry-entry-attribute

NXDL Source:

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