Proton Calorimetry/QuARC Data Files

Details of the formats used in the various data files produced when taking data with the QuARC.

Calibrated Data Files

The calibrated data files contain a header, each of the individual PD measurements after calibration and background subtraction and the average value of these measurements + its error.

File Header Structure

UCL QuARC Number of header lines:

Facility:

Room:

Date:

Time:

Energy:

Intensity:

Folder:

Original Data File:

Background File:

Back ST File:

Front ST File:

Data type: Calibrated

Main Data

PD position

This line contain the sheet mid-points, i.e the photodiode X-positions.

DATA

Every line is an individual PD measurement calibrated and with background subtracted.

Usually 30k lines.

AVERAGE

Average of all the individual PD measurements.

Error of the average measurement.