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SANSILLReduction v1

Summary

Performs SANS data reduction at the ILL.

See Also

SANSILLIntegration

Properties

Name

Direction

Type

Default

Description

Run

Input

list of str lists

File path of run(s). Allowed values: [‘nxs’]

ProcessAs

Input

string

Sample

Choose the process type. Allowed values: [‘Absorber’, ‘Beam’, ‘Transmission’, ‘Container’, ‘Sample’]

OutputWorkspace

Output

Workspace

Mandatory

The output workspace based on the value of ProcessAs.

NormaliseBy

Input

string

Timer

Choose the normalisation type. Allowed values: [‘None’, ‘Timer’, ‘Monitor’]

BeamRadius

Input

number

0.05

Beam radius [m]; used for beam center finding, transmission and flux calculations.

BeamFinderMethod

Input

string

DirectBeam

Choose between direct beam or scattered beam method for beam center finding. Allowed values: [‘DirectBeam’, ‘ScatteredBeam’]

SampleThickness

Input

number

0.1

Sample thickness [cm] (if -1, the value is taken from the nexus file).

AbsorberInputWorkspace

Input

MatrixWorkspace

The name of the absorber workspace.

BeamInputWorkspace

Input

MatrixWorkspace

The name of the empty beam input workspace.

TransmissionInputWorkspace

Input

MatrixWorkspace

The name of the transmission input workspace.

ContainerInputWorkspace

Input

MatrixWorkspace

The name of the container workspace.

ReferenceInputWorkspace

Input

MatrixWorkspace

The name of the reference workspace.

SensitivityInputWorkspace

Input

MatrixWorkspace

The name of the input sensitivity workspace.

SensitivityOutputWorkspace

Output

MatrixWorkspace

The name of the output sensitivity workspace.

MaskedInputWorkspace

Input

MatrixWorkspace

Workspace to copy the mask from; for example, the beam stop

FluxInputWorkspace

Output

MatrixWorkspace

The name of the input direct beam flux workspace.

FluxOutputWorkspace

Output

MatrixWorkspace

The name of the output direct beam flux workspace.

CacheSolidAngle

Input

boolean

False

Whether or not to cache the solid angle workspace.

WaterCrossSection

Input

number

1

Provide water cross-section; used only if the absolute scale is done by dividing to water.

DefaultMaskedInputWorkspace

Input

MatrixWorkspace

Workspace to copy the mask from; for example, the bad detector edges.

ThetaDependent

Input

boolean

True

Whether or not to use 2theta dependent transmission correction

InputWorkspace

Input

MatrixWorkspace

Input workspace containing already loaded raw data, used for parameter scans.

SolventInputWorkspace

Input

MatrixWorkspace

The name of the solvent workspace.

Wavelength

Input

number

0

Wavelength set for the data, will override nexus, intended for D16 reduction.

MinThreshold

Input

number

0

Minimum threshold for calculated efficiency.

MaxThreshold

Input

number

2

Maximum threshold for calculated efficiency.

Description

This algorithm performs SANS reduction for the instruments at the ILL. With each call, this algorithm processes one type of data which is a part of the whole experiment. The logic is resolved by the property ProcessAs, which governs the reduction steps based on the requested type. It can be one of the 5: absorber, beam, transmission, container, and sample. Note that in the following, the reference stands for the water run, that should be processed as sample, but with different configurations, in order to generate either the reference input or the sensitivity map for the subsequent sample measurements. The full data treatment of the complete experiment should be build up as a chain with multiple calls of this algorithm over various types of acquisitions. The sequence should be logical, typically as enumerated above, since the later processes need the outputs of earlier processes as input. The common mandatory input is a run file (numor), or a list of them, in which case they will be summed at raw level, so right after loading. The other common input is the normalisation type (time or monitor) that must be the same for all the runs in full reduction. The common mandatory output is a workspace, but up to which step it is processed, depends on ProcessAs.

ProcessAs

Different input properties can be specified depending on the value of ProcessAs, as summarized in the table:

ProcessAs

Input Workspace Properties

Other Input Properties

Absorber

Beam

  • AbsorberInputWorkspace

  • BeamRadius

  • BeamFinderMethod

Transmission

  • AbsorberInputWorkspace

  • BeamInputWorkspace

  • BeamRadius

Container

  • AbsorberInputWorkspace

  • BeamInputWorkspace

  • TransmissionInputWorkspace

Sample (Ref)

  • AbsorberInputWorkspace

  • BeamInputWorkspace

  • TransmissionInputWorkspace

  • ContainerInputWorkspace

  • MaskedInputWorkspace

  • SampleThickness

Sample

  • AbsorberInputWorkspace

  • BeamInputWorkspace

  • TransmissionInputWorkspace

  • ContainerInputWorkspace

  • MaskedInputWorkspace

  • ReferenceInputWorkspace

  • SensitivityInputWorkspace

  • SolventInputWorkspace

  • SampleThickness

All the input workspace properties above are optional. For example, if processing as sample, if a container input is specified, subtraction will be performed, if not, the step will be skipped. The only exception is when processing as transmission, when beam input workspace is mandatory. When processing as reference there is an additional optional output workspace for sensitivity. Note that when reducing the water run as sample for reference, it will also be normalised by flux, if the corresponding input is supplied.

In the flowcharts below the yellow ovals represent the inputs, the grey parallelograms are the outputs for each process type.

Absorber

../_images/ILLSANS-v1_absorber_wkflw.svg

Beam

../_images/ILLSANS-v1_beam_wkflw.svg

Transmission

../_images/ILLSANS-v1_transmission_wkflw.svg

Container

../_images/ILLSANS-v1_container_wkflw.svg

Reference

../_images/ILLSANS-v1_reference_wkflw.svg

Sample

../_images/ILLSANS-v1_sample_wkflw.svg

Full Treatment

Full treatment is built by stacking up unary reductions with corresponding ProcessAs. The diagram below illustrates the flow of processing. Letters denote absorber (A), beam (B), transmission (T), container (C), reference (R), sample (S). A is processed first, and passed to all the other processes. B takes only A as input, and the output of B is needed by the rest. T takes A and B as inputs, and the calculated transmission is used by C, R and S respectively. C takes A, B and the container T as input, and the output is supplied to R and S respectively. R takes A, B, its T, and C, and the output is seeded to S. S takes A, B, its T and C, as well as R as inputs. The output of S is passed to final step integration.

../_images/ILLSANS-v1_all_wkflw.svg

This example below performs a complete reduction for D11 data.

Note

For transmission calculation, the beam run and the transmission run have to be recorded at the same instrument configuration. For beam flux normalisation and beam center movement, the beam run and the sample run have to be recorded at the same configuration. For container subtraction, the container and the sample run have to be recorded at the same configuration. Otherwise a warning is logged, but the execution does not stop.

Note

To run these usage examples please first download the usage data, and add these to your path. In Mantid this is done using Manage User Directories.

Example - full treatment of a sample

# Load the mask (or load the sample, and mask graphically using the Instrument View)
LoadNexusProcessed(Filename='D11_mask.nxs', OutputWorkspace='mask')

# Process the dark current Cd/B4C for water
SANSILLReduction(Run='010455.nxs', ProcessAs='Absorber', OutputWorkspace='Cdw', Version=1)

# Process the empty beam for water
SANSILLReduction(Run='010414.nxs', ProcessAs='Beam', AbsorberInputWorkspace='Cdw', OutputWorkspace='Dbw', Version=1)

# Water container transmission
SANSILLReduction(Run='010446.nxs', ProcessAs='Transmission',
                 AbsorberInputWorkspace='Cdw', BeamInputWorkspace='Dbw',
                 OutputWorkspace='wc_tr', Version=1)
print('Water container transmission is {0:.3f}'.format(mtd['wc_tr'].readY(0)[0]))

# Water container
SANSILLReduction(Run='010454.nxs', ProcessAs='Container',
                 AbsorberInputWorkspace='Cdw', BeamInputWorkspace='Dbw',
                 TransmissionInputWorkspace='wc_tr', OutputWorkspace='wc', Version=1)

# Water transmission
SANSILLReduction(Run='010445.nxs', ProcessAs='Transmission',
                 AbsorberInputWorkspace='Cdw', BeamInputWorkspace='Dbw', OutputWorkspace='w_tr', Version=1)
print('Water transmission is {0:.3f}'.format(mtd['w_tr'].readY(0)[0]))

# Water
SANSILLReduction(Run='010453.nxs', ProcessAs='Sample', MaskedInputWorkspace='mask',
                 AbsorberInputWorkspace='Cdw', ContainerInputWorkspace='wc',
                 BeamInputWorkspace='Dbw', TransmissionInputWorkspace='wc_tr',
                 SensitivityOutputWorkspace='sens', OutputWorkspace='water', Version=1)

# Process the dark current Cd/B4C for sample
SANSILLReduction(Run='010462.nxs', ProcessAs='Absorber', OutputWorkspace='Cd', Version=1)

# Process the empty beam for sample
SANSILLReduction(Run='010413.nxs', ProcessAs='Beam', AbsorberInputWorkspace='Cd', OutputWorkspace='Db', Version=1)

# Sample container transmission
SANSILLReduction(Run='010444.nxs', ProcessAs='Transmission',
                 AbsorberInputWorkspace='Cd', BeamInputWorkspace='Dbw', OutputWorkspace='sc_tr', Version=1)
print('Sample container transmission is {0:.3f}'.format(mtd['sc_tr'].readY(0)[0]))

# Sample container
SANSILLReduction(Run='010460.nxs', ProcessAs='Container',
                 AbsorberInputWorkspace='Cd', BeamInputWorkspace='Db',
                 TransmissionInputWorkspace='sc_tr', OutputWorkspace='sc', Version=1)

# Sample transmission
SANSILLReduction(Run='010585.nxs', ProcessAs='Transmission',
                 AbsorberInputWorkspace='Cd', BeamInputWorkspace='Dbw', OutputWorkspace='s_tr', Version=1)
print('Sample transmission is {0:.3f}'.format(mtd['s_tr'].readY(0)[0]))

# Sample
SANSILLReduction(Run='010569.nxs', ProcessAs='Sample', MaskedInputWorkspace='mask',
                 AbsorberInputWorkspace='Cd', ContainerInputWorkspace='sc',
                 BeamInputWorkspace='Db', SensitivityInputWorkspace='sens',
                 TransmissionInputWorkspace='s_tr', OutputWorkspace='sample_flux', Version=1)

# Convert to I(Q)
SANSILLIntegration(InputWorkspace='sample_flux', OutputWorkspace='iq')

Output:

Water container transmission is 0.946
Water transmission is 0.501
Sample container transmission is 0.667
Sample transmission is 0.642

Categories: AlgorithmIndex | ILL\SANS

Source

Python: SANSILLReduction.py