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ad_hoc_diffractometer 0.10

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Tutorials

  • Quick Start
  • About ad_hoc_diffractometer

How-to Guides

  • How-to Guides
    • Choose and Understand Basis Vectors
    • Build a Custom Diffractometer Geometry
    • Set Wavelength / Energy
    • Define the Sample Lattice
    • Orient a Crystal
    • Forward and Inverse Computations
    • Switch Diffraction Modes
    • Work with Constraints and Diffraction Modes
    • Surface Geometry and the Reference Vector
    • Plan a Trajectory
    • Refine the Lattice Constants
    • Save and Restore a Diffractometer Configuration
    • Set Diffractometer Inclination
    • Measure Forward/Inverse Performance
    • Align a Four-Circle Diffractometer (fourcv)

Reference

  • Demonstration Geometries
    • fourcv — Eulerian Four-Circle (vertical)
    • fourch — Eulerian Four-Circle (horizontal)
    • fivec — Eulerian Five-Circle (Vlieg et al. 1987)
    • psic — Eulerian Six-Circle, 4S+2D (You 1999)
    • sixc — Eulerian Six-Circle, Surface (Lohmeier & Vlieg 1993)
    • kappa4cv — Kappa Four-Circle (vertical)
    • kappa4ch — Kappa Four-Circle (horizontal)
    • kappa6c — Kappa Six-Circle
    • zaxis — Z-Axis Four-Circle (Surface)
    • s2d2 — S2D2 General-Inclination Four-Circle
  • Declarative Geometry Schema
  • API
    • ad_hoc_diffractometer
      • axes
      • benchmark
      • constants
      • conversions
      • diffractometer
      • display
      • drawing
      • factories
      • forward
      • geometries
      • geometry_loader
      • kappa
      • lattice
      • mode
      • orientation
      • radiation
      • reference
      • refinement
      • reflection
      • rotation
      • sample
      • scan
      • stage
      • surface
  • Glossary
  • References

Explanation

  • Concepts
  • Direct Lattice in Crystallography
  • Case Study: Describing a Diffractometer
  • Case Study: Choice of Basis and the UB Matrix
  • User Guide

User Guide#

Tutorials
  • Build new geometry · Use Demo Geometry

  • Project Overview

How-to Guides

Overview · set wavelength · define a lattice · orient a crystal · solve the forward problem · switch modes · plan trajectories · align a crystal end-to-end

References

Demo Geometries · Declarative Geometry Schema · API Reference · Glossary · Literature References

Explanation
  • Concepts · Direct Lattice

  • Case Studies: Describing a Diffractometer · Choice of Basis and the UB Matrix

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