HXMA User Tools

Useful links, data and tools for HXMA users.



General Info


Canadian Light Source (CLS)

Canadian Light Source Inc. (CLSI) operates the Canadian Light Source, Canada’s national synchrotron research facility. Located at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, the CLS is a world-class, state-of-the-art facility that is advancing Canadian science, enhancing the competitiveness of Canadian industry and contributing to the quality of life of people around the world.

Hard X-ray Microanalysis (HXMA)

The Hard X-ray Micro-Analysis (HXMA) beamline at CLS 06ID-1 is a multipurpose hard X-ray beamline, based on a 63 pole superconducting wiggler. The HXMA has been designed to provide the community with XAFS, and x-ray diffraction capabilities.


Software Tools


XAFS Sample Preparation

Web application for computing absorption lengths and BN dilutions for XAFS transmission samples. C++ version also available at the following link:
[XAFS C++ Sample Preparation]

IFEFFIT

IFEFFIT is an interactive program for XAFS analysis. It combines the high-quality analysis algorithms of AUTOBK and FEFFIT with graphical display of XAFS data and general data manipulation.

WinXAS

WinXAS is a new X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) data analysis program. It runs under the operation system MS-Windows and offers several unique features.

FDMNES

The aim of the FDMNES project is to supply to the community a user friendly code to simulate x-ray spectroscopies, linked to the real absorption (XANES, XMCD) or resonant scattering (RXD) of the synchrotron radiation.

FEFF

FEFF is an automated program for ab initio multiple scattering calculations of X-ray Absorption Fine Structure (XAFS), X-ray Absorption Near-Edge Structure (XANES) and various other spectra for clusters of atoms.

Mucal

This is a program to calculate x-ray absorption coefficients. It uses the fortran subroutine mucal written by Pathikrit Bandyopadhyay.


Guides & Articles


Fundamentals of XAFS

This is an introduction to XAFS in PDF format, written by Matthew Newville from the University of Chicago. It covers both theoretical and experimental aspects of XAFS, with an included guide to data analysis.

XAFS Sample Prep (Theory)

This blog post written by Edward Kim covers the theoretical background behind (dry powder) sample preparation for transmission mode XAFS. It also presents an introduction to dilution using boron nitride (BN).

XAFS Sample Prep (Experimental)

This blog post written by Edward Kim covers the experimental background behind (dry powder) sample preparation for transmission mode XAFS.


Useful Links


Description Link
IXAS Wiki: Community wiki page for XAFS users. http://www.ixasportal.net/wiki/doku.php
HXMA Overview: PDF document with general info on HXMA. http://www.lightsource.ca/uso/pdf/06ID-1_HXMA_Beamline_Status.pdf
XAFS Program Catalog: Catalog of XAFS software. http://cars9.uchicago.edu/IXS/xafs_catalog/About.html