"Reorganization of the Sonix+ software package for work with data as an event list"

 S. Kirilov, I. A. Morkovnikov, S. M. Murashkevich, B. Petukhova, L. A. Truntova

 

The use of new DAQ controllers at the IBR-2 reactor facilities without hardware data histogramming will become more and more widespread in the coming years. At the same time, the original data view as histograms is replaced in favor of accumulating individual events as a list that corresponds to the global trend. It will entail certain restructuring of the Sonix+ software package. At the same time, on the one hand, the histograms should be retained for operational visualization and for processing programmes that are typical of each facility before they are converted to work with data in a new way. On the other hand, the hardware limitation on sampling is removed at constructing these histograms that, as expected, in practice will result in a significant increase in the size of histograms, including extension in the limit of the available virtual address space for 32-bit applications.

An approach to addressing this issue is proposed in the paper.

 

"PyChannel messaging software for the Sonix+ software package"

 A. Morkovnikov, L. A. Truntova

 

The Sonix+ command-line interface allows one to transfer commands and signals only within the control computer, between 32-bit applications and is adapted exclusively for the Windows operating system family that significantly limits the possible development of the graphical interface, Websonix and user files storage developed for the software package.

To circumvent these limitations, PyChannel has been developed to allow messages to be delivered between applications and Sonix+ devices running on different architectures, operating systems and computers. 

 

Agenda:

 Report on Theme 1105 (“Development of the IBR-2 facility with a complex of cryogenic neutron moderators") and on Project, proposal for prolongation of the Theme and of the Project.

Speaker: A. V. Dolgikh.

  1. Report on Theme 1128 (“Investigations of neutron nuclear interactions and properties of the neutron") and on Projects, proposal for prolongation of the Theme and of the Projects.

Speaker: Yu. N. Kopatch.

  1. Report on Theme 1143 (“Scientific and methodological research and developments for condensed matter investigations with IBR-2 neutron beams”), re-issuing of the Theme, proposal for prolongation of the Project and opening of new projects.

Speaker: V. I. Bodnarchuk.

  1. Miscellaneous.

 

All interested staff members are welcome

Presentation of the collection “Problems of optics of long-wavelength neutrons”

A.I. Frank

 

The collection presents selected works of the author devoted to some problems of long-wavelength neutron optics and published in domestic and English-language journals from 1978 to 2021. The collection consists of four parts, which include works related to the topic. Each part is preceded by an introductory article written specifically for the collection.
In the report, the author intends to talk about some of these works, about the history of their appearance, and about the people without whom they could not have appeared.

Agenda:

1. Report on Theme 1142 (“Investigations of functional materials and nanosystems using neutron scattering") and on Project, re-issuing of Theme, opening of Projects. Speaker: D. P. Kozlenko.
2. Report on Theme 1133 and Project, opening of a new Theme (“Optical techniques in condensed matter investigations") and of a Project. Speaker: G. M. Arzumanyan.
3. Report on Theme 1140 and Project, opening of a major infrastructure Project (“New Neutron Source at JINR”) and of its subproject. Speaker: M. V. Bulavin.

4. Elections for the positions of:
4.1. Chief researcher, DNICM DCMRD FLNP.


Applicant: V. L. Aksenov.


5. Miscellaneous.


All interested staff members are welcome

"Optimization of Neutron and Physical Parameters of the NEPTUNE Pulsed Research Reactor"

Khassan Akhmed
(based on PhD thesis)