Techniques¶
What the modelled part of P11 is designed to do, as intent. First cut.
A technique is a portable Catalog Method; a Practice is how a facility adapts it. P11 runs macromolecular crystallography and bio-imaging, reusing Methods the fleet already carries pending, so the Methods below render unlinked until a technique enters scope (TECH-1).
Macromolecular crystallography¶
P11 mounts a crystal on the goniometer (with cryostream cooling), rotates it through an oscillation, and reads frames on the Pilatus area detector. It is a high-throughput rotation-MX beamline.
| Technique | Catalog method | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Rotation MX data collection | mx_data_collection |
oscillation collection on the goniometer reading the Pilatus, with cryostream cooling; reuses the i03 Method (also at FMX / AMX / MX3 / MANACA / TPS), a further consumer (TECH-1) |
Bio-imaging¶
P11 also runs coherent / full-field bio-imaging on the experiment-hutch stages reading the area detector.
| Technique | Catalog method | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Bio-imaging | tomography |
full-field / coherent imaging on the experiment-hutch stages + Pilatus; reuses the catalog tomography Method (the 2-BM / FXI lineage), a further consumer (TECH-1) |
A familiar beamline on familiar vocabulary¶
P11 is the fleet's fourth-plus macromolecular-crystallography beamline and PETRA III's first. It ties into the MX lineage CORA already models: the same goniometer / detector / cryostream anatomy, driven here through the PETRA III Tango / Sardana floor. It reuses the mx_data_collection Method directly (carried pending across the MX fleet), and the bio-imaging reuses tomography; neither forces a new device Family. The automated sample changer, if present, would be a Procedure, not a new device (the i03 / MX3 / MANACA ROBOT-1 precedent).
Not modelled yet¶
The concrete acquisition recipes (the oscillation sequences and their exposures, the bio-imaging scans, the sample-changer custody loop) are not written yet; they join as the deployment approaches the point where CORA drives P11. Whether the MX Methods enter CORA's catalog is an owner-scope decision on Model; see Open questions for the world-facts to confirm first.