IMR-MIP: Construction of a Beamline For Soft X-Ray Photoemission and Scattering

这一奖项来自材料研究仪器-中型仪器项目和数学和物理科学局多学科活动办公室，支持来自伊利诺伊大学芝加哥分校、伊利诺伊大学厄巴纳香槟分校和密歇根大学的合作团队构建新仪器。这台名为中能X射线协同开发团队(IEX-CDT)的仪器将安装在先进光子源(APS)上，并将结合两种技术：材料和图案化器件的角度分辨光电子能谱和软X射线共振散射研究，光斑尺寸为几微米量级。将这两种技术结合在一个设施中将允许研究新材料，更广泛地说，将在基于同步加速器的X射线散射和光谱学领域架起桥梁。此外，能源部将通过APS预算提供317万美元用于建筑费用。APS还将提供工程专业知识、严格的安全监督和质量保证程序。该仪器将是通过APS同行评审的一般用户方案向一般用户提供的用户设施。该设施还将在阿贡国家实验室的中子和X射线散射学院内进行动手培训。此外，私营部门还计划组织一次软X射线科学讲习班，在该讲习班上，通过科学界传播拟议仪器和其他国家类似设施取得的成果。该设施将由APS维护和运营。

This award from the Instrumentation for Materials Research - Midscal Instrumentation program and the Office of Multidisciplinary Activity in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate supports a collaborative team from University of Illinois Chicago, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, and the University of Michigan to construct a new instrument. The instrument called Intermediate Energy X-ray Collaborative Development Team (IEX-CDT) will be located at the Advanced Photon Source (APS) and will combine two techniques: angle resolved photoemission spectroscopy and soft x-ray resonant scattering studies of materials and patterned devices, with a spot size of order of few micrometer. Uniting these two techniques in a single facility will allow to investigate new materials and, more broadly, to bridge the realms of synchrotron-based x-ray scattering and spectroscopy. In addition, the Department of Energy, through the APS budget, will provide $ 3.17 M million towards the construction costs. The APS will also provide engineering expertise, strict safety oversight, and quality assurance procedures. The instrument will be a user facility available to the general users through the APS peer-reviewed general user program. The facility will also be available for hands on training within the Argonne's National Laboratory's School on Neutron and X-Ray Scattering. In addition the PIs, plan to organize a soft x-ray science workshop where results obtained at the proposed instrument and similar facilities in other nations, are disseminated through the scientific community. The facility will be maintained and operated by the APS.