ANSTO's research capabilities, led by the OPAL nuclear research reactor and associated instruments provide access to users investigating areas as diverse as materials, life sciences, climate change and mining/engineering.
Data Analysis
Data Analysis
Data analysis is supported through user training which is provided at the AINSE Neutron Scattering Winter School (http://www.ainse.edu.au/events2/winter_schools).
Data analysis for Taipan can be carried out for example with RESTRAX which can be found at http://neutron.ujf.cas.cz/restrax. It is specially designed for three-axis spectrometers (TAS) and is equipped with simplified (but faster) ray-tracing code for simulation of TAS resolution functions and additional tools for data analysis. It provides graphical representation of resolution functions as well as both simulated and experimental scattering functions. The non-linear least-squares fitting routine is available with variety of scattering models and a possibility to add other models created by users as a library linked dynamically to the main program. The program has been equipped with intuitive graphical user interface written in Java (portable across platforms).
For support, contact the Taipan instrument scientists: taipan@ansto.gov.au
Data Access
The Bragg Institute promotes access to data collected during scientific experiments. See http://www.ansto.gov.au/ResearchHub/Bragg/Users/DataArchiving/index.htm
Access to data is available at ANSTO during the 3 year embargo period via the following options:
- Login to https://tardis.nbi.ansto.gov.au where you can search through your data and download as required.
- Access a secure copy at scp.nbi.ansto.gov.au using a client such as FileZilla (see http://filezilla-project.org/download.php) or winSCP (see http://winscp.net/eng/download.php).
If you are unable to login, contact the Bragg Institute User Office Bragg-UserOffice@ansto.gov.au
It is ANSTO policy that after a 3 year embargo period, data becomes publicly accessible. This can be viewed as "Public Experiments" at https://tardis.nbi.ansto.gov.au. Metadata relating to the experimental data is copied to Research Data Australia http://researchdata.ands.org.au. In encouraging this practice ANSTO has helped many researchers forge new collaborations.