source: sans/Dev/trunk/NCNR_User_Procedures/Reduction/USANS/NCNR_USANS_Utils.ipf @ 1074

#pragma rtGlobals=1             // Use modern global access method.
#pragma version=2.20
#pragma IgorVersion=6.1

// utilities and constants that are specific to the NCNR USANS

//facility-specific constants
Function Init_USANS_Facility()

        //INSTRUMENTAL CONSTANTS 
        Variable/G      root:Packages:NIST:USANS:Globals:MainPanel:gTheta_H = 3.9e-6            //Darwin FWHM   (pre- NOV 2004)
        Variable/G      root:Packages:NIST:USANS:Globals:MainPanel:gTheta_V = 0.014             //Vertical divergence   (pre- NOV 2004)
        //Variable/G  root:Globals:MainPanel:gDomega = 2.7e-7           //Solid angle of detector (pre- NOV 2004)
        Variable/G      root:Packages:NIST:USANS:Globals:MainPanel:gDomega = 7.1e-7             //Solid angle of detector (NOV 2004)
        Variable/G      root:Packages:NIST:USANS:Globals:MainPanel:gDefaultMCR= 1e6             //factor for normalization
        
        //Variable/G  root:Globals:MainPanel:gDQv = 0.037               //divergence, in terms of Q (1/A) (pre- NOV 2004)
        Variable/G      root:Packages:NIST:USANS:Globals:MainPanel:gDQv = 0.117         //divergence, in terms of Q (1/A)  (NOV 2004)

        String/G root:Packages:NIST:gXMLLoader_Title=""
        
        //November 2010 - deadtime corrections -- see USANS_DetectorDeadtime() below
        //Only used in BT5_Loader.ipf and dependent on date, so defined there on each file load.
        
        
        // to convert from angle (in degrees) to Q (in 1/Angstrom)
        Variable/G root:Packages:NIST:USANS:Globals:MainPanel:deg2QConv=5.55e-5         //JGB -- 2/24/01
        
        // extension string for the raw data files
        // -- not that the extension as specified here starts with "."
        String/G        root:Packages:NIST:USANS:Globals:MainPanel:gUExt = ".bt5"
        
        
        
        return(0)
end


// returns the detector dead time for the main detectors, and the transmission detector
//
// NCNR values switch based on a date when hardware was swapped out. other facilities can ignore the date
//
// also, if dead time is not known, zero can be returned to inactivate the dead time correction
//
//
//Discovered significant deadtime on detectors in Oct 2010
//JGB and AJJ changed pre-amps during shutdown Oct 27 - Nov 7 2010
//Need different deadtime before and after 8th November 2010
//
Function USANS_DetectorDeadtime(filedt,MainDeadTime,TransDeadTime)
        String filedt
        Variable &MainDeadTime,&TransDeadTime
        
        if (BT5Date2Secs(filedt) < date2secs(2010,11,7))
                        MainDeadTime = 4e-5
                        TransDeadTime = 1.26e-5
                        //print "Old Dead Times"
                        //MainDeadTime = 0
                        //TransDeadTime = 0
        else
                        MainDeadTime = 7e-6
                        TransDeadTime = 1.26e-5
                        //print "New Dead Times"
        endif
        
        return(0)
end