title: RixsToolBox: software for the analysis of soft X-ray RIXS data acquired with 2D detectors.
abstract: A software with a graphical user interface has been developed with the aim of facilitating the data analysis for users of a new resonant inelastic X-ray scattering (RIXS) spectrometer installed at the ESRF beamline ID32. The software is organized in modules covering all relevant steps in the data reduction from a stack of several hundred two-dimensional CCD images to a single RIXS spectrum. It utilizes both full charge integration and single-photon centroiding to cope with high-flux and high-resolution requirements. Additional modules for further data analysis and the extraction of instrumental parameters are available. The software has been in routine use for about a year now and in that time many additional features have been incorporated. It now meets the users' need for an easy-to-use data analysis tool that allows looking at and understanding data as it is acquired and thus steering users' experiments more efficiently.
authors.affiliation: European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, CS40220, F-38043 Grenoble Cedex 9, France.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kummer
authors.affiliation: European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, CS40220, F-38043 Grenoble Cedex 9, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tamborrino
authors.affiliation: European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, CS40220, F-38043 Grenoble Cedex 9, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Amorese
authors.affiliation: CNR-SPIN and Dipartimento di Fisica, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, I-20133 Milano, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Minola
authors.affiliation: CNR-SPIN and Dipartimento di Fisica, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, I-20133 Milano, Italy.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Braicovich
authors.affiliation: European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, CS40220, F-38043 Grenoble Cedex 9, France.
authors.forename: N B
authors.initials: NB
authors.lastname: Brookes
authors.affiliation: CNR-SPIN and Dipartimento di Fisica, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, I-20133 Milano, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ghiringhelli
keywords: ESRF; RIXS; RixsToolBox; resonant inelastic X-ray scattering; software