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Measuring the coincidence time resolution of the detectors in a TOF-PET test setup at CERN laboratory in Switzerland. Credit: Stefan Gundacker An international collaboration led by CERN, European Organization for Nuclear Research, studied the efficiency of next-generation silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) using barium fluoride crystals when excited with X-ray and gamma photons. Their findings on scintillation
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
With its three endstations, FinEstBeAMS is becoming one of MAX IV most prolific beamlines. Recently, three new articles on scintillators are the first studies to be produced using FinEstBeAMS’s photoluminescence endstation. FinEstBeAMS, the Finnish-Estonian beamline at MAX IV’s 1.5 GeV storage ring, offers research opportunities in the fields of atmospheric and material science. Recently no
A new five-axis parallel kinematic mirror unit has been developed for MAX IV soft X-ray beamlines. Its development and technical characteristics are now described in a peer-reviewed article. In an article published in March 2020 in the Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, a team from Uppsala University, MAX IV Laboratory, FMB Feinwerk und Messtechnik GmbH, and
Thanks to new technological advancements, materials with cross-luminescence are getting new attention after a long period of reduced research activity. Users at FinEstBeAMS from University of Tartu work at gaining new knowledge on cross-luminescent compounds. Scintillators are compounds capable of emitting light when excited by an ionizing radiation, such as X- and gamma-rays or high
Image: participants at the MAX IV User Meeting gathered for the opening plenary session at the Scandic Star hotel in Lund. LUND—MAX IV hosted the 31st User Meeting at the Scandic Star hotel from 23-25 September. The theme this year was Developing MAX IV: with the users, for the users. Over 300 scientists, researchers,
Ionic liquids are basically molten salts. Furthermore, unlike many room temperature liquids, ionic liquids do not vaporize easily and are stable at high temperatures, along with other useful properties that make them unique and well suited for numerous applications. One of the most powerful applications of ionic liquids is in supercapacitors, which have very high
The spring call for proposals for eight beamlines at MAX IV closed 19 March with a total of 228 proposals from 28 countries. The number of applications is on par with proposals received when the former MAX-lab peaked, which shows that the demand from users is high as well as is their confidence in getting excellent tools
Photo of the luminescence endstation at FinEstBeAMS by Ruona. In 2012, the last dedicated luminescence spectroscopy end station closed its doors at the DESY synchrotron in Hamburg. Since then, the user community has been scattered looking for a place to continue their important research on everything from medical imaging to dark matter detectors. This month,
Advances in the world of physics often quickly lead to advances in the world of medical diagnostics. From the moment Wilhelm Röntgen discovered X-rays he was using them to look through his wife’s hand. A lot of the physics principles at the foundation of MAX IV are also at the foundation of medical imaging technologies