Data from ILL 3-axis Instruments

Format and signification of experiment parameters and data

provisional

R. Ghosh, February 1995


The data files have variable length strings, and include a standard heading to enable them to be classified using standard utilities.

Record Formats

RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR (80A1)
NRUN NTEXT NVERS (10I8)                                                   
arbitrary text (NTEXT lines)
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA (80A1)
NCHAR NTEXT (10I8)
INSTR, USER, DATE, TIME (A6,A12,A10,A10)
VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV (80A1)
INSTR: A6
EXPNO: A72
USER_: A72
LOCAL: A72
FILE_: A? 
DATE_: A9,1X,A8
TITLE: A72
COMND: A72 (Command = copy of keybord input)
COMM_: A72 (comment - any stuff)
[only in PA mode:
POLAN: A72 (concatenated version of the .PAL file)]

POSQE: QH=F8.4, QK=F8.4, QL=F8.4, EN=F8.3, UN=THz (or UN=meV)
STEPS: DQH=F8.4, DQK=F8.4, DQL=F8.4, DEN=F7.3,
[or STEPS: DA3=F7.2]
PARAM: DM=F7.4, DA=F7.4, SM=F3.0, SS=F3.0, SA=F3.0, ETAM=F5.1, ETAA=F5.1,
PARAM: FX=F3.0, KFIX=F7.4,
PARAM: ALF1=F4.0, ALF2=F4.0, ALF3=F4.0, ALF4=F4.0,
PARAM: BET1=F4.0, BET2=F4.0, BET3=F4.0, BET4=F4.0, 
PARAM: AS=F7.4, BS=F7.4, CS=F7.4, AA=F7.3, BB=F7.3, CC=F7.3, ETAS=F5.1,
PARAM: AX=F7.3, AY=F7.3, AZ=F7.3, BX=F7.3, BY=F7.3, BZ=F7.3, 

VARIA: A1=F7.2, A2=F7.2, A3=F7.2, A4=F7.2, A5=F7.2, A6=F7.2,
VARIA: TM=F7.2, GM=F7.2, RM=F7.2, GL=F7.2, GU=F7.2, 
VARIA: TA=F7.2, GA=F7.2, RA=F7.2, CH=F7.2, LM=F7.2, 
[only in PA mode:
VARIA: I1=F7.2, I2=F7.2, I3=F7.2, I4=F7.2, I5=F7.2, I6=F7.2, 
VARIA: I7=F7.2, I8=F7.2,]

ZEROS:  >
DATA_:
PNT	SCV1	SCV2	SCVn	CNTS	M1	M2	TIME	<>
	<< numerical values in format delared in the line FORMT>>
.
.
	<< numerical values in format delared in the line FORMT>>

<>

A prototype data file

RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
  000485       1       0                                                        
ILL TAS data in the new ASCII format follow after the line VV...V
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
      80       0                                                                 
IN20  KULDA       22-MAR-95 10:56:50  
VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV
INSTR: IN20 
EXPNO: 4-7-35	
USER_: KULDA
LOCAL: CURRAT
FILE_: 000485.Z 
DATE_: 31-MAR-94 16:12:34
TITLE: TAs
COMND: SC EN=2.8 DEN=.2 NP=3 MN=200 
COMM_: This is just a comment.
[only in PA mode:
POLAN: ON F1; CO MN=10000; OFF F1; CO MN=2000]

POSQE: QH=  2.1000, QK=  0.0000, QL=  0.0001, EN=  -1.002, UN=meV
STEPS: DQH=  0.0000, DQK=  0.0000, DQL=  0.0000, DEN=    .100,
[or STEPS: DA3=    0.10]

PARAM: DM= 3.3551, DA= 3.3550, SM= 1., SS=-1., SA= 1., ETAM= 35.1, ETAA= 24.0,
PARAM: FX= 2., KFIX=  2.6620,
PARAM: ALF1= 60., ALF2= 40., ALF3= 43., ALF4= 60.,
PARAM: BET1=120., BET2= 90., BET3= 90., BET4=240., 
PARAM: AS=  6.2832, BS=  6.2832, CS=  6.2832, 
PARAM: AA= 90.000, BB= 90.000, CC=120.000, ETAS= 17.1,
PARAM: AX=   1.000, AY=   0.000, AZ=   0.000, 
PARAM: BX=   0.000, BY=   0.000, BZ=  1.000, 

VARIA: A1=  35.43, A2=  70.85, A3=-185.23, A4= -56.05, A5=  35.43, A6=  70.86,
VARIA: TM=  20.00, GM=  19.98, RM=  10.62, GL=  15.43, GU=  -2.34, 
VARIA: TA=  15.94, GA=  13.23, RA=   5.34, CH= 134.00, LM=  23.00, 
[only in PA mode:
VARIA: I1=   0.00, I2=   0.00, I3=   1.00, I4=   0.80, I5=   0.00, I6=   0.00, 
VARIA: I7=   0.00, I8=   0.00,]

ZEROS: -131.02, -145.98, -180.00, -130.98,  -90.70, -131.02, etc
ZEROS: cont.

FORMT: (I4,1X,F8.3,1X,I7,1X,I6,1X,I6,1X,F7.2,1X,F7.2,1X,F7.2,1X,F8.4,1X,F7.2)
[in PA: PNT is F6.1]
DATA_:
PNT    EN(meV)   CNTS     M1     M2   TIME      A3      A4      KI      T       
                                        
   1    2.610     263    200    794   72.77   22.50   -2.99   2.8890   19.87
   2    2.797     175    200    761   72.13   22.50   -2.99   2.9040   19.87
   3    2.995     161    200    806   71.69   22.50   -2.99   2.9210   19.87