diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst index 2eeb110..7b08c73 100644 --- a/docs/index.rst +++ b/docs/index.rst @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ User Guide .. toctree:: :titlesonly: + /user/multiple_samples /user/conda_environments /user/reduce /releases diff --git a/docs/user/media/two_samples_stacked.png b/docs/user/media/two_samples_stacked.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8909fd4 Binary files /dev/null and b/docs/user/media/two_samples_stacked.png differ diff --git a/docs/user/multiple_samples.rst b/docs/user/multiple_samples.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2fedc76 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/user/multiple_samples.rst @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +.. multiple_samples + +Multiple Samples in a single Run +================================ + +The Magnetism Reflectometer can stack several (usually 2, rarely 3) samples on top of each other. +The beam is wide enough to cover all the samples. +To measure reflectivity, the beam is very narrow in the other direction (so it’s like a thin ribbon). +Because we are sensitive to tiny angles, +the reflection from each sample will appear in different sports on the detector. +With one sample, there will be one spot on the detector. +With two, there will be two if (1) the samples are not exactly parallel +(in which case it will still look like one spot) and +(2) the samples are parallel enough so that both spots are on the detector +(otherwise one of the spots may be outside the detector surface. + +.. figure:: ./media/two_samples_stacked.png + :alt: Reflectometry from two samples stacked. + :align: center + :width: 900 + + Reflectometry from two samples stacked. diff --git a/docs/user/reduce.rst b/docs/user/reduce.rst index 90c439d..e019fce 100644 --- a/docs/user/reduce.rst +++ b/docs/user/reduce.rst @@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ Reduction ========= - Manual Reduction ---------------- Terminal command `reduce_REF_M` is available on the conda environments `mr_reduction-qa` and `mr_reduction`.