title: The NeXus data format.
abstract: NeXus is an effort by an international group of scientists to define a common data exchange and archival format for neutron, X-ray and muon experiments. NeXus is built on top of the scientific data format HDF5 and adds domain-specific rules for organizing data within HDF5 files, in addition to a dictionary of well defined domain-specific field names. The NeXus data format has two purposes. First, it defines a format that can serve as a container for all relevant data associated with a beamline. This is a very important use case. Second, it defines standards in the form of application definitions for the exchange of data between applications. NeXus provides structures for raw experimental data as well as for processed data.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory for Development and Methods, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen-PSI, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Könnecke
authors.affiliation: ISIS Facility, STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0QX, England.
authors.forename: Frederick A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Akeroyd
authors.affiliation: imgCIF, Dowling College, Shirley, NY 11769, USA.
authors.forename: Herbert J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Bernstein
authors.affiliation: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
authors.forename: Aaron S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Brewster
authors.affiliation: Spallation Neutron Source, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA.
authors.forename: Stuart I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Campbell
authors.affiliation: Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA.
authors.forename: Björn
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Clausen
authors.affiliation: ISIS Facility, STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0QX, England.
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cottrell
authors.affiliation: Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie Gmb, 14109 Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Jens Uwe
authors.initials: JU
authors.lastname: Hoffmann
authors.affiliation: Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439, USA.
authors.forename: Pete R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Jemian
authors.affiliation: ANSTO, New South Wales 2234, Australia.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Männicke
authors.affiliation: Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439, USA.
authors.forename: Raymond
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Osborn
authors.affiliation: Spallation Neutron Source, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA.
authors.forename: Peter F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Peterson
authors.affiliation: Diamond Light Source, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0DE, England.
authors.forename: Tobias
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Richter
authors.affiliation: KEK, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan.
authors.forename: Jiro
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.affiliation: Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen-PSI, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Benjamin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Watts
authors.affiliation: Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, 22607 Hamburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Eugen
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Wintersberger
authors.affiliation: Forschungszentrum Jülich, JCNS at MLZ, 85747 Garching, Germany.
authors.forename: Joachim
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wuttke
keywords: HDF5; NeXus data format; data archiving; data exchange; platform-independent