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Beamline 13-BM-C: Sector 13 - Bending Magnet Beamline Side Station

GSECARS
Geoscience, Environmental Science

Description

Bending magnet beamline specialized for earth and environmental science research.

Supported Techniques

Surface diffraction

High-pressure diamond anvil cell

Single-crystal diffraction

Beamline Controls and Data Acquisition

EPICS for instrument and detector control. SPEC for surface diffraction. IDL software for single-crystal diffraction.

Detectors

MAR-165 CCD, MAR-345 online image plate (2 each)
Dectris Pilatus 100K pixel array detector (2)
Vortex single element and 4-element detectors (2)
Princeton Instruments visible light CCD cameras (6)

Additional Equipment

Large Newport 6-circle kappa diffractometer.

Local Contacts

Name	PETER J. ENG (Surface diffraction)
Phone	630.252.0424
Email	eng@cars.uchicago.edu
Name	VITALI B. PRAKAPENKA (Diamond anvil cell)
Phone	630.252.0439
Email	prakapenka@cars.uchicago.edu
Name	PRZEMYSLAW K. DERA (Diamond anvil cell single crystal)
Phone	630.252.0419
Email	dera@cars.uchicago.edu

Beamline Specs

Source	Bending Magnet
Monochromator Type	Si 111
Energy Range	10-10 keV
Resolution (ΔE/E)	$5 x 10$ ^-5
Flux (photons/sec)	$1 x 10$ ¹² @10 keV
Beam Size (HxV)
Focused	23µm x 28µm
Unfocused	10mm x 3mm
Monochromator Type	Si 111
Energy Range	18-18 keV
Resolution (ΔE/E)	$5 x 10$ ^-5
Flux (photons/sec)	$8 x 10$ ¹¹ @18 keV
Beam Size (HxV)
Focused	26µm x 28µm
Unfocused	10mm x 3mm
Monochromator Type	Si 220
Energy Range	30-30 keV
Resolution (ΔE/E)	$3 x 10$ ^-5
Flux (photons/sec)	$5 x 10$ ¹¹ @30 keV
Beam Size (HxV)
Focused	26µm x 28µm
Unfocused	10mm x 3mm

For additional information see:
http://www.gsecars.org/bm_beamline_info.htm

Current Status:	Operational/Accepting General Users
Access Mode:	On-site