Treatment of x-ray diffraction data at diamond light source

Authors: James Parkhurst (Diamond Light Source) , Graeme Winter (Diamond Light Source) , Richard Gildea (Diamond Light Source) , Markus Gerstel (Diamond Light Source) , Karl Levik (Diamond Light Source) , Irakli Sikharulidze (Diamond Light Source) , Dave Hall (Diamond Light Source) , Katherine Mcauley (Diamond Light Source) , Gwyndaf Evans (Diamond Light Source) , Alun Ashton (Diamond Light Source)
Co-authored by industrial partner: No

Type: Conference Paper
Conference: Twenty-Fourth Congress and General Assembly of the International Union of Crystallography
Peer Reviewed: No

State: Published (Approved)
Published: August 2017

Abstract: In any experimental discipline, raw data represents the source from which all discoveries are derived. A more strict interpretation in X-ray diffraction experiments may refer to this as primary data since any pixel counts will have been manipulated (e.g. analogue to digital conversion, dark current correction, interpolation of pixels etc.); however the fundamental idea remains: this is the closest it is possible to get to the original experimental measurements. At Diamond Light Source, the principle of secure recording and storage of the primary data was embedded in the data acquisition system from the outset. The general user does not have permission to alter or delete the raw experimental data, and the acquisition system GDA is designed to prevent over-writing of the images.

Subject Areas: Information and Communication Technology


Technical Areas: Data acquisition

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