Operation of the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory (CHESS)

康奈尔高能同步加速器源（CHESS）自1978年以来一直由康奈尔大学运营，是一个为科学界提供高能x射线同步辐射服务的国家用户设施。国际象棋开展的实验研究影响着凝聚态物理、化学、材料科学与工程、生物学和地质学等科学领域。CHESS计划的组成部分是MacCHESS，美国国立卫生研究院资助的大分子资源，以及基于nsf的国家高压研究设施。CHESS的项目旨在通过利用CHESS环境的独特方面来提供其他同步加速器x射线源无法提供的研究能力，从而增强国家科学基础设施。国际象棋是一个面向用户的设施，在竞争的基础上接受所有合格研究人员的建议。除了提供运营成本外，该项目还支持使用康奈尔电子存储环（CESR）提供的高功率光子水平的同步辐射设施的开发。目前，每年有来自高校、企业和国家实验室的500多人在国际象棋提供的公共实验站进行研究。根据该合同，CHESS工作人员将继续在现有用户程序的基础上操作CHESS。这些计划包括增强现有能力，提供材料和生物科学领域的新用户能力，开发先进仪器，以及通过培训学生将研究和教育结合起来。%%%***

9713424GrunerThe Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS) operated by Cornell University since 1978, is a national user facility that provides high energy X-ray synchrotron radiation services to the scientific community. Experimental studies carried out at CHESS impact the scientific fields of condensed matter physics, chemistry, materials science and engineering, biology, and geology. Integral parts of the CHESS program are MacCHESS, the NIH-funded macromolecular resource, and the NSF-based National Facility for High Pressure Research. The program at CHESS is designed to enhance the national science infrastructure by taking advantage of unique aspects of the CHESS environment to provide research capabilities not available at other synchrotron x-ray sources. CHESS is a user oriented facility which accepts proposals from all qualified investigators on a comptetive basis. In addition to providing operating costs, this project supports the development of synchrotron radiation facilities using high power photon levels provided by the Cornell Electron Storage Ring (CESR). At present, more than 500 individuals per year from universities, industries, and national laboratories, conduct research on the public experimental stations provided by CHESS. Under this award CHESS staff will continue to operate CHESS to build on current user programs. These programs include enhancing existing capability, providing new user capabilities in materials and biological sciences, the development of advanced instrumentation, and the integration of research and education through the training of students.%%%***