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

康奈尔高能同步加速器(CHESS)自1978年起由康奈尔大学运营，是为科学界提供高能X射线同步辐射服务的国家用户设施。国际象棋进行的实验研究影响了凝聚态物理、化学、材料科学和工程、生物学和地质学等科学领域。国际象棋计划的组成部分是由NIH资助的高分子资源MacCHESS和基于NSF的国家高压研究设施。国际象棋计划旨在通过利用国际象棋环境的独特方面来加强国家科学基础设施，以提供其他同步加速器x射线源所不具备的研究能力。国际象棋是一个面向用户的设施，它在比较的基础上接受所有合格调查人员的建议。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)提供的高功率光子能级开发同步辐射设施。目前，每年有500多名来自大学、行业和国家实验室的个人在国际象棋提供的公共实验站进行研究。根据这一奖项，国际象棋员工将继续运营国际象棋，以建立在现有用户程序的基础上。这些计划包括增强现有能力，提供材料和生物科学方面的新用户能力，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.%%%***