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LoadILLReflectometry dialog.
Table of Contents
| Name | Direction | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Filename | Input | string | Mandatory | Name of the Nexus file to load. Allowed extensions: [‘.nxs’] |
| OutputWorkspace | Output | MatrixWorkspace | Mandatory | Name of the output workspace |
| ForegroundPeakCentre | Input | number | Optional | Foreground peak position in fractional workspace index (if not given the peak is searched for and fitted). |
| DetectorCentreFractionalIndex | Input | number | 127.5 | The fractional workspace index of the geometric centre of the detector at incident beam axis (127.5 for D17 and Figaro). |
| Measurement | Input | string | DirectBeam | Load as direct or reflected beam. Allowed values: [‘DirectBeam’, ‘ReflectedBeam’] |
| BraggAngle | Input | number | Optional | The bragg angle necessary for reflected beam. |
| FitStartWorkspaceIndex | Input | number | 0 | Start workspace index used for peak fitting. |
| FitEndWorkspaceIndex | Input | number | 255 | End workspace index used for peak fitting. |
| FitRangeLower | Input | number | -1 | Minimum wavelength used for peak fitting. |
| FitRangeUpper | Input | number | -1 | Maximum wavelength used for peak fitting. |
| XUnit | Input | string | Wavelength | X unit of the OutputWorkspace. Allowed values: [‘Wavelength’, ‘TimeOfFlight’] |
Loads data of a Nexus file obtained from an ILL reflectometry instrument D17 or FIGARO into a Workspace2D. Both time-of-flight and monochromatic instrument configurations are supported. In general, this loader reads detector and monitor counts and adds x-axis and error values. The output workspace contains histogram data. The x-axis can have units in time-of-flight or wavelength with non-varying and varying bins, respectively. The conversion to wavelength uses the algorithm ConvertUnits v1. Detector indices and spectrum numbers start with zero like workspace indices.
The chopper values are used for computing the time-of-flight values for the bin edges \(x_i\) by the following equation:
with the following variables: channel width \(w_{\mathrm{channel}}\), time-of-flight delay \(\Delta_{t, \mathrm{tof}}\), offset \(p_{\mathrm{off}}\), phase of second chopper \(\Omega_{c2}\), phase of first chopper \(\Omega_{c1}\), open offset \(\Delta_{\mathrm{open}}\) and velocity of first chopper \(v_{c1}\).
The loader can load both types of data: direct and reflected beam. In both cases the foreground centre will be fitted. In case of direct beam, the detector will be rotated around the sample such that the fractional workspace index of the foreground centre will appear at 0 scattering angle. In case of reflected beam, BraggAngle is mandatory, and the detector will be driven such that the foreground centre will appear at 2*BraggAngle.
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 - ReflectedBeam:
import numpy
# Load ILL d17 data file (TOF mode) into a workspace 2D using a user-defined angle of 5.5 degrees:
ws2 = LoadILLReflectometry('ILL/D17/317370.nxs', Measurement='ReflectedBeam', BraggAngle=5.5)
detId = 202 # the foreground centre is around 202
det = ws2.getInstrument().getDetector(detId)
angleDet = ws2.detectorTwoTheta(det) / numpy.pi * 180
print("Pixel at detector ID {} was rotated to {:.1f} degrees.".format(detId, angleDet))
Output:
Pixel at detector ID 202 was rotated to 11.0 degrees.
Example - Direct Beam
import numpy
directBeamWS = LoadILLReflectometry('ILL/D17/317369.nxs')
detId = 202 # the foreground centre is around 202
det = directBeamWS.getInstrument().getDetector(detId)
angleDet = directBeamWS.detectorTwoTheta(det) / numpy.pi * 180
print("Pixel at detector ID {} was rotated to {:.1f} degrees.".format(detId, angleDet))
Output:
Pixel at detector ID 202 was rotated to 0.0 degrees.
Categories: AlgorithmIndex | DataHandling\Nexus | ILL\Reflectometry