ALBA II Colloquium - "The Diamond Upgrade: Diamond-II"
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ZOOM Videoconference
https://rediris.zoom.us/j/87894405956?pwd=SU8xczV6TlRmandJVlZLdFhqalp1QT09
Abstract
The UK Light Source Diamond has established itself in over fourteen years of operation as a world-class synchrotron, enabling research by leading academic and industrial groups in physical and life sciences. However, the technology for light sources, including detectors, optics and scientific computing, is developing at a tremendous pace and Diamond must take advantage of this if it is to continue to provide first-class opportunities to meet the scientific and societal challenges of the future. For the last few years we have been investigating several paths for a possible upgrade to Diamond. This is driven by a joint assessment of the science capabilities opened by a very low emittance ring and the machine design that will underpin them. This presentation outlines plans for a new storage ring to be built within the existing footprint and offering more than a 20-fold increase in brightness, with much enhanced coherence and a higher ring energy. In addition the MBA machine design includes the concept of “mid-section straights” which introduce more high performance insertion device beamlines, replacing what were bending magnet beamlines with a new tailored ID’s as well as providing flexibility for implementing new beamlines to be installed to allow for a future increase in capacity. The design has passed CDR (CD1) and is currently working towards a TDR at the end of 2021. I will outline the concepts behind Diamond-II, the progress so far on new beamlines and the current timescales.
Brief Biography: Andrew Dent joined Diamond in 2002 as a Principal Beamline Scientist and has led the design and construction of two spectroscopy beamlines. He became the Physical Science Coordinator in 2005, coordinating beamline construction across Phase II and III, and from 2018 became Deputy Director Physical Science. He was formerly Group Leader for X-ray Spectroscopy at the SRS, Daresbury and has over 20 years’ experience in the development of time-resolved X-ray absorption spectroscopy techniques.
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About ALBA II ColloquiumThe series ALBA II Colloquium, addressed to the scientific user's community of synchrotron radiation, is aimed at inspiring and promoting fruitful ideas and information exchange about the future development of ALBA II facility. |
ALBA Synchrotron - Experiments Division
Hosted by Klaus Attenkofer (Scientific Director)
