APS Sectors and Research Teams Directory

Sectors at the APS are either managed and operated by X-ray Operations and Research (XOR) groups in the X-ray Science Division, or by a Collaborative Access Team (CAT).

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SectorType/NameGroup/CAT
Sector 1XSDMaterials Physics and Engineering
Sector 2XSDMicroscopy
Sector 3XSDInelastic X-ray and Nuclear Resonant Scattering
Sector 4XSDMagnetic Materials
Sector 5DND-CATDuPont-Northwestern-Dow Synchrotron Research Center
Sector 6XSDMagnetic Materials
Sector 7XSDTime-Resolved Research
Sector 8XSDTime-Resolved Research
Sector 9XSDInelastic X-ray and Nuclear Resonant Scattering
Sector 10MR-CATMaterials Research CAT
Sector 11XSDStructural Science
Sector 12XSDChemicals and Materials Science
Sector 13GSECARSConsortium for Advanced Radiation Sources (CARS)
Sector 14BioCARSConsortium for Advanced Radiation Sources (CARS)
Sector 15ChemCARSConsortium for Advanced Radiation Sources (CARS)
Sector 16HP-CATHigh Pressure CAT
Sector 17IMCA-CATIndustrial Macromolecular Crystallography Association
Sector 18Bio-CATBiophysics CAT
Sector 19SBC-CATArgonne Structural Biology Center
Sector 20XSD/PNCSpectroscopy
Sector 21LS-CATLife Sciences CAT
Sector 22SER-CATSouth East Regional CAT
Sector 23GM/CA-CATGeneral Medicine and Cancer Institutes CAT
Sector 24NE-CATNortheastern CAT
Sector 26CNM/XSDCenter for Nanoscale Materials
Sector 30XSDInelastic X-ray Scattering
Sector 31LRL-CATLRL CAT
Sector 32XSDImaging
Sector 33XSDSurface Scattering and Microdiffraction
Sector 34XSDSurface Scattering and Microdiffraction