1 OVERVIEW
1.1 Background
1.2 Mission of the APS Experimental Facilities Division
1.3 APS User Sector Layout
1.4 XFD Organization
1.5 APS User Operations
1.6 APS User Administrative and Technical Support
1.7 R&D in Support of User Operations
1.8 SRI-CAT
1.9 Collaborative Work with APS Users and Other Synchrotron Radiation Facilities
1.10 Long-Term Strategic Plan for XFD
2.1 Introduction2.1.1 Advanced Photon Source Facility Description
2.1.2 APS Operations
2.1.3 XFD Operations Organization2.2 Beamline Technical Description
2.2.1 Introduction
2.2.2 Operational Aspects of IDs
2.2.3 The Beamline FE Operation
2.2.4 Equipment Protection System
2.2.5 The APS Personnel Safety System
2.2.6 Controls2.3 Operations Performance and Reliability
2.3.1 Installation Status
2.3.2 Operations Experience
2.3.3 Reliability Studies and Analysis2.4 User Operations Interface and Support
2.4.1 Beamline Commissioning Process
2.4.2 User Controls
2.4.3 Operations Information Distribution
2.4.4 User Operations Support
2.4.5 Radiation Shielding and Measurements
3 USER ADMINISTRATION AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT
3.1 User Administration3.1.1 APS Users
3.1.2 User Administrative Functions3.2 User Safety and Training
3.2.1 CAT Safety Plans
3.2.2 User Safety Training
3.2.3 User Safety Oversight3.3 User Technical Support
3.3.1 Beamline Designs
3.3.2 Beamline Design Exchange
3.3.3 X-ray Optics Metrology and Fabrication
3.3.4 Beamline Controls and Data Acquisition
3.3.5 Leveraging of APS Funds
3.3.6 User Procurements of Standard Components
3.3.7 The Inter-CAT Technical Working Group
3.3.8 CAT Chats3.4 References
4 R&D IN SUPPORT OF USER OPERATIONS
4.1 Radiation Sources4.1.1 Magnetic Measurements and Tuning of IDs
4.1.2 Field Quality Achieved
4.1.3 ID Control Development
4.1.4 ID Vacuum-Chamber Development
4.1.5 5-mm-Aperture ID Vacuum Chamber
4.1.6 EMW Vacuum Chamber Development
4.1.7 Development of a Novel Vacuum Sealing Technique
4.1.8 ID Installation and Commissioning
4.1.9 Storage Ring Measurements
4.1.10 Spectral Performance
4.1.11 Computer Codes for Simulation of Synchrotron Radiation
4.1.12 XOP: A Graphical User Interface for X-ray Optics Utilities
4.1.13 UR: Computer Code for Simulation of Real IDs with Real Beams
4.1.14 Radiation Exposure of the IDs
4.1.15 Elliptical Multipole Wiggler4.2.1 Introduction
4.2.2 Performance Review of the Important FE and Beamline Components4.3 High Heat Load X-ray Optics
4.3.1 Introduction
4.3.2 Cryogenically Cooled Silicon Monochromators
4.3.3 Liquid-Nitrogen Pumps
4.3.4 Water-Cooled Diamond Monochromators
4.3.5 Cooled Mirrors
4.3.6 Other Work Related to Cooled Optics
4.3.7 The Double-Crystal Monochromator Design
4.3.8 Brilliance/Brightness Measurements4.4 New Instruments and Techniques
4.4.1 Introduction
4.4.2 Sector 1
4.4.3 Sector 2
4.4.4 Sector 3
4.4.5 New R&D Initiatives
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Collaborative Research Programs
5.3 Special Grants for New Collaborative Research
5.4 Collaborative Projects with Other Synchrotron Radiation Facilities
6 LONG-TERM STRATEGIC PLANS FOR XFD
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Accelerator Improvement Program Plans
6.3 Enhancement of APS Performance
6.4 New Collaborative Access Teams
6.5 Strategic Plans for Dedicated Beamlines
6.6 Strategic Plan for FEL Undulator Development
6.7 LDRD Program in Support of Long-Term Goals
7 APPENDICES
Appendix 1: Recent Publications by XFD StaffAppendix 2: Patents Obtained by XFD Staff
Appendix 3: XFD Primary Web Pages
Appendix 4: Review Status of APS Collaborative Access Teams as of
January 21, 1997Appendix 5: Bibliography of Publications Produced for APS Users
Appendix 6: Conferences and Workshops Held at the APS since 1990
Appendix 7: Outline of the Current APS User Policies and Procedures (3/97)
Appendix 8: Metrology Results of Mirrors Delivered and Characterized to Date
Appendix 9: Invited and Colloquium Talks by XFD Staff