3.3.4. NXbeam_stop

Status:

base class, extends NXobject, version 1.0

Description:

A class for a beamstop. Beamstops and their positions are important for SANS and SAXS experiments.

Symbols:

No symbol table

Groups cited:

NXgeometry

Structure:

description: NX_CHAR

description of beamstop

Any of these values: circular | rectangular

size: NX_FLOAT {units=NX_LENGTH}

size of beamstop

x: NX_FLOAT {units=NX_LENGTH}

x position of the beamstop in relation to the detector

y: NX_FLOAT {units=NX_LENGTH}

y position of the beamstop in relation to the detector

distance_to_detector: NX_FLOAT {units=NX_LENGTH}

distance of the beamstop to the detector

status: NX_CHAR

Any of these values: in | out

(geometry): NXgeometry

engineering shape, orientation and position of the beam stop.

Source:

Automatically generated from https://github.com/nexusformat/definitions/blob/master/base_classes/NXbeam_stop.nxdl.xml