MAX IV Laboratory

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MAX IV
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MAX IV aerial photo from 2014
General properties
Accelerator type Synchrotron light source
Beam type Electrons
Target typeLight source
Beam properties
Maximum energyLarge ring: 3.0 GeV [1] Small ring: 1.5 GeV [2]
Maximum currentLarge ring: 500 mA, [1] normal current 400 mA [3] Small ring: 500 mA [2]
Physical properties
LengthLinac: ~300 metres (1,000 ft) [4]
RadiusLarge ring: 84 metres (276 ft) [1] Small ring: 15.3 metres (50 ft) [2]
CircumferenceLarge ring: 528 metres (1,732 ft) [1] Small ring: 96 metres (315 ft) [2]
LocationBrunnshög, Lund, Sweden
Coordinates 55°43′37″N13°13′59″E / 55.727°N 13.233°E / 55.727; 13.233
Institution Lund University
Dates of operation2016 - present [5]
Preceded byMAX III [5]
MAX IV in Lund nearing completion. MAX IV 2013-11-23.jpg
MAX IV in Lund nearing completion.

MAX IV is the world's first 4th generation [6] [7] synchrotron light source facility in Lund, Sweden. [8] Its design [9] [10] and planning was carried out within the Swedish national laboratory, MAX-lab, which up until 2015 operated three storage rings for synchrotron radiation research: MAX I (550 MeV, opened 1986), MAX II (1.5 GeV, opened 1997) and MAX III (700 MeV, opened 2008). MAX-lab supported about 1000 users from over 30 countries annually. The facility operated 14 beamlines with a total of 19 independent experimental stations, supporting a wide range of experimental techniques such as macromolecular crystallography, electron spectroscopy, nanolithography and production of tagged photons for photo-nuclear experiments. The facility closed on 13 December (Saint Lucy's Day) 2015 in preparation for MAX IV.

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On 27 April 2009 the Swedish Ministry of Education and Research, Swedish Research Council, Lund University, Region Skåne and Vinnova, a Swedish government funding agency, decided to fund the research center. [11]

The new laboratories, including two storage rings and a full-energy linac is situated in the northeastern quarter Brunnshög in Lund. The inauguration of MAX IV took place on the 21th of June, the day of summer solstice, 2016. [11] The larger of the two storage rings has a circumference of 528 meters, operates at 3 GeV energy, and has been optimized for high-brightness x-rays. The smaller storage ring (circumference 96 meters) is operated at 1.5 GeV energy and has been optimized for UV. [12] There are also plans for a future expansion of the facility that would add a free-electron laser (FEL) to the facility, but is yet to be funded. [11]

There are currently 16 beamlines at the facility with 10 of them located around the 3 GeV ring, 5 around the 1.5 GeV ring and one at the linear accelerator. [13]

History

Design

Accelerators and beamlines

External relations

Educational outreach

Current and former directors

See also

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