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Detector

The TXM indirect-detection chain in 32-ID-C. Design-phase; values carried as confirm.

The detector modelled here is the TXM indirect-detection chain: a scintillator converts the magnified X-ray image to visible light, a microscope objective couples it to a camera, all on a granite detector support downstream of a flight path that reduces air scatter. It is modelled in the detection stage of the descriptor, reusing the existing detector Families.

The model in one picture

What holds what, support down to the camera (containment, Asset.parent_id):

32-ID  (Unit, Asset)
└── TXMDetectorSupport  (Component, Family Table; granite detector support, follower mechanics)
    ├── TXMScintillator  (Device, Scintillator; X-ray to visible conversion)
    ├── TXMObjective     (Device, Objective; couples the scintillator image to the camera)
    └── TXMCamera        (Device, Camera; records the image)

Unlike 2-BM and TomoWISE, the TXM detector is not composed as a Microscope Assembly here: the published optics are a zone-plate imaging system rather than a turret of swappable visible-light objectives, so this scaffold carries the chain as a plain device group until the confirmed optics make a composed shape worthwhile. It could earn the Microscope / Optics Assembly later, once a scenario registers the Fixture.

Detector chain

Device Family Design spec / note
TXMDetectorSupport Table granite detector support and follower mechanics
TXMScintillator Scintillator converts the X-ray image to visible light; material and thickness unconfirmed (DET-2)
TXMObjective Objective visible-light coupling objective; magnification set unconfirmed (DET-2)
TXMCamera Camera detector camera; model, sensor, and frame rate unconfirmed (DET-1)

The flight-path gas (helium or vacuum) is unconfirmed (SUP-1).

Families

All reused, none new: Table (the detector support), Scintillator, Objective, and Camera. The camera model, the detector optics specs, and the flight-path gas are the detector-side open questions. See Inventory for the Asset tree.