Instrument Design for Earth Science Research at the AdvancedPhoton Source

该奖项为工程设计提供资金， 同步加速器X射线光束线的构造和相关的 将成为高级光子源一部分的仪器 (APS)阿贡国家实验室的设施。该项目将 专门针对光束线的设计和建造 供地球科学界使用。预计使用 APS的明亮和可调微束硬X射线辐射包括 研究承受超高压的材料， 模拟地球内部的温度， 气溶胶，岩石和土壤中的亚微观相，以及动力学 地质过程中重要的相变研究。

This award provides funding for engineering design and construction of synchrotron X-ray beamlines and associated instrumentation that will be part of the Advanced Photon Source (APS) facility at Argonne National Laboratory. This project will be specifically aimed at the design and construction of beamlines for use by the earth sciences community. Projected use of the brilliant and tunable microbeam hard X-radiation at APS include research on materials subjected to ultra-high pressures and temperatures simulating conditions in the interior of the Earth, aerosols, submicroscopic phases in rocks and soils, and kinetic studies of phase transformations important in geological processes.