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ConvertToDiffractionMDWorkspace dialog.
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Create a MDEventWorkspace with events in reciprocal space (Qx, Qy, Qz) for an elastic diffraction experiment.
| Name | Direction | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| InputWorkspace | Input | MatrixWorkspace | Mandatory | An input workspace. |
| OutputWorkspace | Output | MDEventWorkspace | Mandatory | Name of the output MDEventWorkspace. If the workspace already exists, then the events will be added to it. |
| Append | Input | boolean | False | Append events to the output workspace. The workspace is replaced if unchecked. |
| ClearInputWorkspace | Input | boolean | False | Clearing the events from the input workspace during conversion (to save memory) is not supported by algorithm v2 |
| OneEventPerBin | Input | boolean | True | Use the histogram representation (event for event workspaces). One MDEvent will be created for each histogram bin (even empty ones). Warning! This can use significantly more memory! |
| OutputDimensions | Input | string | Q (lab frame) | What will be the dimensions of the output workspace? Q (lab frame): Wave-vector change of the lattice in the lab frame. Q (sample frame): Wave-vector change of the lattice in the frame of the sample (taking out goniometer rotation). HKL: Use the sample’s UB matrix to convert to crystal’s HKL indices. Allowed values: [‘Q (sample frame)’, ‘Q (lab frame)’, ‘HKL’] |
| LorentzCorrection | Input | boolean | False | Correct the weights of events by multiplying by the Lorentz formula: sin(theta)^2 / lambda^4 |
| SplitInto | Input | int list | 2 | A comma separated list of into how many sub-grid elements each dimension should split; or just one to split into the same number for all dimensions. Default 2. |
| SplitThreshold | Input | number | 1500 | How many events in a box before it should be split. Default 1500. |
| MaxRecursionDepth | Input | number | 20 | How many levels of box splitting recursion are allowed. The smallest box will have each side length \(l = (extents) / (SplitInto^{MaxRecursionDepth}).\) Default 20. |
| MinRecursionDepth | Input | number | 1 | Optional. If specified, then all the boxes will be split to this minimum recursion depth. 1 = one level of splitting, etc. Be careful using this since it can quickly create a huge number of boxes = (SplitInto ^ (MinRercursionDepth * NumDimensions)). But setting this property equal to MaxRecursionDepth property is necessary if one wants to generate multiple file based workspaces in order to merge them later |
| Extents | Input | dbl list | -50,50 | A comma separated list of min, max for each dimension, specifying the extents of each dimension. Optional, default +- 50 in each dimension. |
The algorithm converts from a MatrixWorkspace (in any input units) into a MDWorkspace containing 3D events in reciprocal space.
The calculations apply only to elastic diffraction experiments. The conversion can be done either to Q-space in the lab or sample frame, or to HKL of the crystal.
Version 2 of the algorithm is the wrapper around ConvertToMD v1 algorithm, used for diffraction workflow and for supporting the interface of the previous specialized version of this algorithm. Old specialized version of this algorithm also exists.
See the ConvertToDiffractionMDWorkspace v1 for details of the old and ConvertToMD v1 for this algorithms implementations.
The main difference between the results produced by the version one and two of this algorithm is the type of the workspace, produced by default. Version one is producing MDLeanEvent<3>-s workspace and this version generates MDEvent<3>-s workspace.
To obtain a workspace containing MDLeanEvent<3>-s, and fine-tune the output workspace properties, one has to create OutputWorkspace using CreateMDWorkspace v1 algorithm first.
If selected, the following Lorentz correction factor is applied on each event by multiplying its weight by L:
\(L = \frac{ sin(\theta)^2 } { \lambda^{4} }\)
Where \(\theta\) is half of the neutron scattering angle (conventionally called \(2\theta\)). \(\lambda\) is the neutron wavelength in Angstroms.
This correction is also done by the AnvredCorrection v1 algorithm, and will be set to false if that algorithm has been run on the input workspace.
Usage
Example - Convert re-binned MARI 2D workspace to 3D MD workspace for further analysis/merging with data at different temperatures :
# create or load event workspace
events = CreateSampleWorkspace(OutputWorkspace='events', WorkspaceType='Event', Function='Multiple Peaks')
# convert to MD workspace
md = ConvertToDiffractionMDWorkspace(InputWorkspace=events, OutputWorkspace='md', OneEventPerBin=False, LorentzCorrection=True, SplitThreshold=150, Version=2)
# A way to look at these results as a text:
print("Resulting MD workspace has {0} events and {1} dimensions".format(md.getNEvents(),md.getNumDims()))
print("Workspace Type is: {}".format(md.id()))
Output:
Resulting MD workspace has 1947... events and 3 dimensions
Workspace Type is: MDEventWorkspace<MDEvent,3>
Categories: AlgorithmIndex | MDAlgorithms\Creation
C++ header: ConvertToDiffractionMDWorkspace2.h (last modified: 2020-03-20)
C++ source: ConvertToDiffractionMDWorkspace2.cpp (last modified: 2020-03-20)