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**OBSOLETE VERSION** XOP 2.3 ALREADY AVAILABLE
HOT LINKS (XOP 2.11):
Hardware,
mailing list,
a-ftp
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XOP2.11 is available with all extensions in Unix platforms (2004/10/27)
XOP2.1 Beta 3 is the latest version available with all extension in windows platforms (2003/08/29)
For obsolete XOP version 2.0 go to
www.esrf.eu/computing/scientific/xop2.0/
XOP (X-ray Oriented Programs) is a widget-based driver program that
is used as a common front-end interface for computer codes of interest
to the synchrotron radiation community. It provides codes for
- modelling of x-ray sources (e.g.,
synchrotron radiation sources, such as undu lators and wigglers)
- characteristics of optical devices
(mirror, filters, crystals, multilayers, etc.)
- multipurpose data visualizations
and analyses
Adding external software packages (called
"extensions") that are optionally inst alled easily expands the functionality
of XOP. Typical examples are SHADOWVUI, a Visual User Interface for
the SHADOW ray-tracing code, and XAID, a package for XAFS data analysis.
The current version of XOP (v2.1) runs on most Unix and Windows platforms
and is available free of charge to the scientific community.
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The point-and-click
interface is used as a driver for a variety of codes from different
authors written in different computer languages.
The XOP interface and many of its applications are written in IDL.
The interface largely simplifies the use of the codes and may be used
without prior knowledge of how to run a particular program.
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XOP runs under
most Unix machines and Windows.
XOP includes a flexible DAta BAse for X-ray applications DABAX,
which is a compilations of tables for x-ray applications with a collection
of codes to access, visualize and process these tables.
XOP is distributed free of charge to research institutes and non-profit
organizations. (See download section.)
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