Synopsis

The beamline, which is situated on a bending magnet at ESRF, comprises of a unique combination of instrumentation for high resolution and magnetic single crystal diffraction. White beam operation is possible, as well as focussed and unfocussed monochromatic modes. In addition to an 11-axis Huber diffractometer, which facilitates simple operation in both vertical and horizontal scattering geometries, there is an in-vacuum polarisation analyser, mirrors for harmonic rejection and a diamond phase plate for polarisation conditioning. As well as standard scintillator detectors, avalanche photodiodes's and Si drift dioes a MAR CCD is also available. Sample environment ranges from 1 K to 800 K (1200 K on request) and a 1 Tesla magnet for use in vertical and horizontal scattering geometries is also available. A 4 Tesla superconducting magnet for horizontal and vertical scattering geometries is also available.

Next XMaS PROPOSAL DEADLINE 1st April 2010

XMaS is a project of Warwick and Liverpool Universities, funded by the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

XMaS has been successfully developing a number of innovative instrumentations which can be found in synchrotrons worldwide (See related article).