Nexus File

A Nexus file is a type of data file used by various instruments and by MantidPlot. The format appears to be like an XML file plus some unprintable characters.

Mantidplot is capable of loading certain types of Nexus files and of saving certain types of workspace as a Nexus file. It can also save a project as a mantid file plus Nexus files.

Structure

The general structure of NEXUS files is explained in http://download.nexusformat.org/doc/html/user_manual.html .

Here are some specific details:

ISIS uses NEXUS files for both histrogram and event data and SNS uses NEXUS for event data only. Also both ISIS and SNS use the same structure for event data. Hence there are two principal types of NEXUS files loaded by Mantid

ISIS uses two versions of Nexus files for muon histogram data:

As well as Nexus files loaded by Mantid, there is a kind of Nexus file, which is produced by Mantid, when it saves a workspace to Nexus, which is called a Processed Nexus file and is saved by SaveNexusProcessed.

See also

RAW File an older data file format.

Category: Concepts