CASSIOPEIA – A PROGRESS REPORT FROM THE DEVELOPMENT OF FIVE BEAM-LINES AT THE MAX SYNCHROTRON LABORATORY

Anders Liljas

Molecular Biophysics, Lund University, Lund, Sweden (anders.liljas@mbfys.lu.se)

In a Danish – Swedish collaboration involving many scientists, a new data collection facility has been built up at the synchrotron laboratory at Lund University, MAX. The facility is using the MAX-II storage ring run at 1.5 GeV, where a 3.5 T multipole wiggler provides X-rays of high intensity around 1Å wavelength for the Cassiopeia project. The beam is split into three main directions. The middle beam is used for a MAD station and the two beams on the sides are used for two stations each. The two front stations use diamond monochromators in the Laue mode and the back stations are using Bragg monochromators. The four side stations have essentially fixed wavelengths around 1Å. Details of the project as well as the initial experiences will be reported.