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TUOAM04	New Developments and Status of XAIRA, the New Microfocus MX Beamline at the ALBA Synchrotron	5
	N. González, C. Colldelram, A. Crisol, D. Garriga, J. Juanhuix, J. Nicolàs, M. Quispe, I. Šics ALBA-CELLS, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
	The new BL06-XAIRA microfocus macromolecular crystallography beamline at ALBA synchrotron is currently under commissioning and foreseen to enter into user operation in 2024. The aim of XAIRA is to provide a 4-14 keV, stable, high flux beam, focused to 3×1 µm2 FWHM. The beamline includes a novel monochromator design combining a cryocooled Si(111) channel-cut and a double multilayer diffracting optics for high stability and high flux; and new mirror benders with dynamical thermal bump and figure error correctors. In order to reduce X-ray parasitic scattering with air and maximize the photon flux, the entire end station, including sample environment, cryostream and detector, is enclosed in a helium chamber. The sub-100nm SoC diffractometer, based on a unique helium bearing goniometer also compatible with air, is designed to support fast oscillation experiments, raster scans and helical scans while allowing a tight sample to detector distance. The beamline is also equipped with a double on-axis visualization system for sample imaging at sub-micron resolutions. The general status of the beamline is presented here with particular detail on the in-house fully developed end station design.
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DOI •	reference for this paper ※ doi:10.18429/JACoW-MEDSI2023-TUOAM04
About •	Received ※ 27 October 2023 — Revised ※ 03 November 2023 — Accepted ※ 10 November 2023 — Issued ※ 15 May 2024
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New Developments and Status of XAIRA, the New Microfocus MX Beamline at the ALBA Synchrotron

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N. González, C. Colldelram, A. Crisol, D. Garriga, J. Juanhuix, J. Nicolàs, M. Quispe, I. Šics
ALBA-CELLS, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain

The new BL06-XAIRA microfocus macromolecular crystallography beamline at ALBA synchrotron is currently under commissioning and foreseen to enter into user operation in 2024. The aim of XAIRA is to provide a 4-14 keV, stable, high flux beam, focused to 3×1 µm2 FWHM. The beamline includes a novel monochromator design combining a cryocooled Si(111) channel-cut and a double multilayer diffracting optics for high stability and high flux; and new mirror benders with dynamical thermal bump and figure error correctors. In order to reduce X-ray parasitic scattering with air and maximize the photon flux, the entire end station, including sample environment, cryostream and detector, is enclosed in a helium chamber. The sub-100nm SoC diffractometer, based on a unique helium bearing goniometer also compatible with air, is designed to support fast oscillation experiments, raster scans and helical scans while allowing a tight sample to detector distance. The beamline is also equipped with a double on-axis visualization system for sample imaging at sub-micron resolutions. The general status of the beamline is presented here with particular detail on the in-house fully developed end station design.

Slides TUOAM04 [6.526 MB]

DOI •

reference for this paper ※ doi:10.18429/JACoW-MEDSI2023-TUOAM04

About •

Received ※ 27 October 2023 — Revised ※ 03 November 2023 — Accepted ※ 10 November 2023 — Issued ※ 15 May 2024

Cite •

reference for this paper using ※ BibTeX, ※ LaTeX, ※ Text/Word, ※ RIS, ※ EndNote (xml)