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Superbend era begins swiftly at the ALS

Journal Article · · Synchrotron Radiation News
OSTI ID:827568

The successful installation and commissioning of high-field superconducting bend magnets (superbends) in three curved sectors of ALS storage ring was the first time the magnet lattice of an operating synchrotron light source has been retrofitted in this fundamental way. As a result, the ALS now offers an expanded spectral range well into the hard x-ray region without compromising either the number of undulators or their high brightness in the soft x-ray region for which the ALS design was originally optimized. In sum, when the superbend-enhanced ALS started up for user operations in October 2001, it marked the beginning of a new era in its history.

Research Organization:
Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA (US); Advanced Light Source (US)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Director. Office of Science. Office of Basic Energy Sciences (US)
DOE Contract Number:
AC03-76SF00098
OSTI ID:
827568
Report Number(s):
LBNL--50521; LBNL/ALS--43907
Journal Information:
Synchrotron Radiation News, Journal Name: Synchrotron Radiation News Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 15
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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