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The MAX IV 3 GeV storage ring vacuum system is the first of its kind, with an inner surface of the chambers coated with a non-evaporable getter material. A paper recently published in the Journal of Synchrotron Radiation summarises the results of this unique and successful design choice. The MAX IV 3 GeV storage ring
A transparent injection scheme using a multipole injection kicker was successfully brought into routine operation in the MAX IV 3 GeV ring. It is the first such implementation on a fourth-generation ultralow emittance storage ring light source. The results were recently published by the team of researchers from MAX IV and the French synchrotron facility
2019 was a landmark year for MAX IV Laboratory. Continuing the long-standing tradition of delivering innovative technical instruments and capabilities for x-ray science to the research community since MAX-lab was inaugurated in 1987, MAX IV broke new ground by opening five new beamlines to users, and bringing three more into the commissioning phase for
The Accelerator Development group at MAX IV is constantly researching and testing solutions to improve the quality and stability of the electron beam. A new article published in Physical Review Accelerators and Beams builds upon years of research and previous publications and provides new insights on the impact of an effect called ‘transient beam loading’
Since 19 November, twelve beamlines at MAX IV are taking light, which is a record number in the facility’s history. The former MAX-lab, which closed in 2015, had at the most eleven beamlines up and running. MAX IV has now, with a little over three years going since the first beamline went into operation surpassed
Big Science Sweden and Big Science Denmark, organized a three-day training course in ultra-high vacuum (UHV) for companies. The third day took place at MAX IV, where the vacuum team and the mechanical workshop (with support from ESS), provided the participants with practical training on the UHV for particle accelerators. The practical training covered: pumping
Today, 22 October at lunchtime, the first single-bunch electron beam was delivered to the 1.5 GeV storage ring at MAX IV and put to use at the FinEstBeAMS beamline. These are still preliminary trials and the response from FinEstBeAMS will determine the path forward. A screenshot of a scope measurement of the current in the
Producing the perfect light that scientists can use for their measurements of various materials is the key to running a synchrotron. MAX IV has reached a new milestone – having light in all 11 beamlines that are either in commissioning or in regular user operation. Stephen Molloy, Head of Operations explains: “What we want to
These copper disks are going to become transverse deflecting cavities for the new diagnostic beamline A new diagnostic beamline connected directly to the MAX IV linear accelerator is under construction. It will enable time-resolved characterization of primarily the ultrashort electron bunches for the FemtoMAX beamline but will also be useful for other time-resolved experiments. The
MAX IV continues to make excellent progress delivering new beamlines with exciting new scientific capabilities to the research community. The latest beamline to join the stable, SPECIES, following MAXPEEM, began commissioning on April 1st – yes, for real! – in preparation for future user operations. The green-highlighted names of beamlines at right in the figure