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Detector

The coherent area detectors for XPCS and scattering, the SAXS detector positioner and beamstop, the flux counter, the occasional fluorescence detector, and the beam-viewing cameras. PVs verified against startup/20-area-detectors.py, 10-optics.py, 26-scalers.py, 98-xspress3.py.

Enclosure: 11-ID-B.

Note

CHX's measurement lives on its area detectors: the Eiger captures the coherent speckle time series (XPCS) or the static scattering pattern (SAXS/WAXS). The detector positioner centers the detector transversely on the scattered beam and the beamstop blocks the direct beam. All reuse existing families. Which Eiger is primary versus the spare set is a staff question (DET-1).

Name Family PV Key specs Replaceable Status
Eiger4M Camera XF:11IDB-ES{Det:Eig4M} Eiger 4M pixel detector (eiger4m), the primary XPCS / scattering detector; fast-trigger gated for speckle time series. Reuses Camera. confirm
Eiger1M Camera XF:11IDB-ES{Det:Eig1M} Eiger 1M pixel detector (eiger1m); reuses Camera. confirm
Eiger500K Camera XF:11IDB-ES{Det:Eig500K} Eiger 500K pixel detector (eiger500k); reuses Camera. confirm
SAXSDetectorStage LinearStage XF:11IDB-ES{Det:SAXS-Ax: Detector positioner (saxs_detector, class XYMotor: X/Y only) centering the area detector transversely on the scattered beam. Whether a separate along-beam stage sets the sample-to-detector distance (and hence the q-range) is not in source; routed to DET-1. confirm
SAXSBeamStop BeamStop XF:11IDB-ES{BS:SAXS-Ax: SAXS beamstop (saxs_bst, class SAXSBeamStop) blocking the direct beam ahead of the detector; reuses BeamStop. confirm
FluxCounter FluxMonitor XF:11IDB-ES{Sclr:1} Scaler-counted ion-chamber / diode flux channels (I0 and others) for normalization; reuses FluxMonitor (graduated #353). Channel map pending (DIAG-1). confirm
FluorescenceSpectrometer EnergyDispersiveSpectrometer XF:11IDB-ES{Xsp:1}: Xspress3 energy-dispersive detector (the mca.xs component, class CHXXspress3Detector) for occasional element-sensitive / anomalous work; reuses EnergyDispersiveSpectrometer (graduated #345). Element count pending (DET-1). confirm
BeamViewingCamera Camera XF:11IDB-BI{Cam:10} Prosilica on-axis beam-viewing camera (OAV); x-ray-eye Prosilicas (xray_eye1-4) and a PointGrey (BCam) serve alignment views. Reuses Camera. Live set pending (CAM-1). confirm