Open AccessComputing for Synchrotron Radiation Experiments
Author(s) -
Ackroyd K. S.,
Campbell J. W.,
Dean C. E.,
Enderby M.,
Gregory C. M.,
Hayes M. A.,
Hughes E. A.,
Kinder S. H.,
Kirkman I. W.,
Mant G. R.,
Miller M. C.,
Milne G. J.,
Ramsdale C. A.,
Stephenson P. C.,
Pantos E.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
journal of synchrotron radiation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.172
H-Index - 99
ISSN - 1600-5775
DOI - 10.1107/s0909049594006151
Subject(s) - synchrotron radiation , computer science , synchrotron , data acquisition , software , radiation , data reduction , computational science , physics , optics , operating system , data mining
Computing provision is of major concern to synchrotron radiation researchers. An overview is presented of the computing facilities for synchrotron radiation work at the Synchrotron Radiation Source, Daresbury Laboratory. Data acquisition, reduction and analysis are seen as an integrated activity essential for full utilization of beam time. We discuss the evolution of data‐acquisition systems from stand‐alone systems of limited computing power, to a unified project computing village using state‐of‐the‐art equipment for combined‐technique, high‐data‐rate experiments. A brief account of software packages for data reduction and analysis is also given.