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Data Item
_sas_beam.polarization_direction
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Item name
_sas_beam.polarization_direction
Category name
sas_beam
Attribute name
polarization_direction
Required in PDB entries
no
Used in currrent PDB entries
No
Item Description
Direction of the polarization in degrees relative to the x axis The positive direction is counterclockwise when facing the source.
Data Type
Data type code
float
Data type detail
float item types are the subset of numbers that are the floating numbers.
Primitive data type code
numb
Regular expression
-?(([0-9]+)|([0-9]*[.][0-9]+))([(][0-9]+[)])?([eE][+-]?[0-9]+)?
Units
degrees