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Collaborating Research Group beamlines

last modified 08-09-2011 18:04

Collaborating Research Groups (CRG) design, construct and operate their own beamlines at the ESRF.

Beamlines

  • BM1 SNBL (Swiss-Norwegian Beamlines)
    X-ray absorption and diffraction
  • BM2 D2AM (French CRG Beamline)
    Materials science
  • BM8 GILDA (General Purpose Italian Beamline for X-ray Diffraction and Absorption)
  • BM16 Spanish CRG Beamline (closed since 27 July 2011)
  • BM20 ROBL (Rossendorf Beamline)
    Radiochemistry and ion beam physics
  • BM25 SpLine (Spanish CRG beamline)
    X-ray absorption and diffraction
  • BM26 DUBBLE (Dutch-Belgian Beamlines)
    –Small-angle X-ray scattering and interface diffraction
    –Protein crystallography and extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS)
  
Contacts
Head, CRG Liaison Group
  

Axel Kaprolat
+33 (0)4 76 88 24 35
email
     
CRG Liaison Office  

+33 (0) 4 76 88 25 02
email
Our working hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m
  • BM28 XMaS (UK CRG)
    Magnetic scattering
  • BM30A FIP (French Beamline for Investigation of Proteins)
    Protein crystallography
  • BM30B FAME (French Absorption Spectroscopy Beamline in Material and Environmental Sciences)
    Extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS)
  • BM32 IF (French Interface Beamline)
    Interfaces
  • Snapshots for all on the Find a Beamline page

Synopsis

Several bending-magnet beamlines at the ESRF are operated independently by Collaborating Research Groups (CRGs). For administrative purposes, CRGs are third-party contractors to the ESRF, and each maintains a research program independent of the ESRF. Further information on CRGs is available from the CRG Liaison Office.

Users have two routes for accessing these beamlines:

  • One-third of the beamtime on these beamlines is managed through the ESRF public user program.
  • The remaining two-thirds is allocated by each CRG through an independent proposal process. Allocation procedures may differ slightly among CRGs.

Both routes are handled through the ESRF User Portal. The CRG Liaison Office can advise on proposal submission for CRGs.

Industrial applications

The ESRF’s mission includes interacting with and supporting European industry. Synchrotron X-rays permit analysis of industrial products under real conditions of manufacture and use, often in real time. The CRG Liaison Office and the Industrial and Commercial Unit can help identify appropriate resources at CRG beamlines for studying questions of concern to industry.

 
 
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