ReflectometrySumInQ v1¶

Summary ¶

Sum counts in lambda along lines of constant Q by projecting to virtual lambda at a reference angle.

Properties ¶

Name	Direction	Type	Default	Description
InputWorkspace	Input	MatrixWorkspace	Mandatory	A workspace in X units of wavelength to be summed.
InputWorkspaceIndexType	Input	string		The type of indices in the optional index set; For optimal performance WorkspaceIndex should be preferred;. Allowed values: [‘WorkspaceIndex’, ‘SpectrumNumber’]
InputWorkspaceIndexSet	Input	int list		An optional set of spectra that will be processed by the algorithm; If not set, all spectra will be processed; The indices in this list can be workspace indices or possibly spectrum numbers, depending on the selection made for the index type; Indices are entered as a comma-separated list of values, and/or ranges; For example, ‘4,6,10-20,1000’;
OutputWorkspace	Output	MatrixWorkspace	Mandatory	A single histogram workspace containing the result of summation in Q.
BeamCentre	Input	number	Mandatory	Fractional workspace index of the specular reflection centre.
FlatSample	Input	boolean	True	If true, the summation is handled as the standard divergent beam case, otherwise as the non-flat sample case.
IncludePartialBins	Input	boolean	False	If true, use the full projected wavelength range possibly including partially filled bins.

This algorithm sums the Y values of histograms given by InputWorkspaceIndexSet into a single single histogram. The summation is done using the method proposed by Cubitt et al. [1] This involves a projection to an arbitrary reference angle, $2 θ_{R}$ , with a “virtual” wavelength, $λ_{v}$ . This is the wavelength the neutron would have had if it had arrived at $2 θ_{R}$ with the same momentum transfer ( $Q$ ).

Counts are considered to be spread evenly over the input pixel, and the top-left and bottom-right corner of the pixel are projected onto $2 θ_{R}$ giving a range in $λ_{v}$ to project onto. Counts are shared out proportionally into the output bins that overlap this range, and the projected counts from all pixels are summed into the appropriate output bins.

The input workspace should have wavelength as the X units as well as an instrument.

To produce a reflectivity, the input workspace has to be the reflected beam workspace where each histogram is individually divided by the summed (in lambda) direct beam data.