<i>Data Analysis WorkbeNch</i>(<i>DAWN</i>)

TLDR

Synchrotron light source facilities worldwide generate terabytes of data in numerous incompatible formats from a wide range of experiment types. DAWN was created to provide a single, extensible visualization and analysis platform for any synchrotron experiment, and this paper presents its history, current state, and two case studies. The platform offers generic data‑processing and reduction tools, demonstrated in one case study, and can be tailored to specific scientific areas, as shown in a second case study. The authors showcase DAWN’s evolution and functionality through these two case studies, illustrating both its general and domain‑specific capabilities.

Abstract

Synchrotron light source facilities worldwide generate terabytes of data in numerous incompatible data formats from a wide range of experiment types. The Data Analysis WorkbeNch ( DAWN ) was developed to address the challenge of providing a single visualization and analysis platform for data from any synchrotron experiment (including single-crystal and powder diffraction, tomography and spectroscopy), whilst also being sufficiently extensible for new specific use case analysis environments to be incorporated ( e.g. ARPES, PEEM). In this work, the history and current state of DAWN are presented, with two case studies to demonstrate specific functionality. The first is an example of a data processing and reduction problem using the generic tools, whilst the second shows how these tools can be targeted to a specific scientific area.