Rachel 1.0 tutorial videos

These tutorials are listed by procedure, in the typical ordering of procedures.  They are all in MP4 format.  If they do not play properly, you probably need a new browser plugin for MP4.

Please suggest other topics for tutorial videos through the [http://www-user.pas.rochester.edu/~gosia/phpBB3/ Gosia forum.]

The approximate running time is shown after each link.

===Procedures in the usual order===

[http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~hayes/rachel_1_videos/installation.html Installation]  5 minutes

[http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~hayes/rachel_1_videos/read_level_schemes.html Level schemes]  5 minutes

[http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~hayes/rachel_1_videos/add_matrix.html Adding the matrix]  5 minutes

[http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~hayes/rachel_1_videos/set_fit_parameters.html Setting fit parameters]  4 minutes

[http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~hayes/rachel_1_videos/add_experiments.html Adding experiments]  7 minutes

[http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~hayes/rachel_1_videos/stopping_power.html Calculating accurate stopping power, exit energy and range]  5 minutes

[http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~hayes/rachel_1_videos/define_ge_crystals.html Defining Ge detector types]  4 minutes

[http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~hayes/rachel_1_videos/attach_ge_detectors.html Attaching Ge detectors and arrays (laboratory positions)]  4 minutes

[http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~hayes/rachel_1_videos/nuclear_data.html Adding nuclear data to a fit]  4 minutes.
Adding previously-measured lifetime or matrix element data is usually vital to finding a unique fit in few-state systems.

[http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~hayes/rachel_1_videos/op_gdet.html Passing germanium types to Gosia]  1 minute.  Be sure to do this before the following steps!

[http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~hayes/rachel_1_videos/loading_yield_data.html Loading yield data and passing the data to Gosia]  4 minutes

[http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~hayes/rachel_1_videos/simulation.html Simulating gamma-ray yield data]  4 minutes.  This can be used for predicting count rates, testing the ability to fit matrix elements in a planned experiment, etc.

[http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~hayes/rachel_1_videos/integrated_yields.html Calculating gamma-ray yields]  3 minutes.  This calculation  uses a full integration over the particle detector, Ge detector and energy loss in the target.  These are the yields that should be compared to data.

[http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~hayes/rachel_1_videos/corrected_yields.html Calculating "corrected" yields from yield data and the normalization constants.]  3 minutes.  This is the first step in fitting matrix elements to experimental data.  These two steps should be repeated every time a fit is done.

[http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~hayes/rachel_1_videos/fitting.html Fitting matrix elements to experimental data.]  9 minutes.  Be sure to calculate the normalization constants before fitting.  This is shown in the corrected yields tutorial.

[http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~hayes/rachel_1_videos/error_calculations.html Diagonal and correlated error calculations.] 4  minutes.

===Other functions===

[http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~hayes/rachel_1_videos/math_interpreter.html Using the math interpreter]  2 minutes