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X-ray Detectors

● CCD two-dimensional detectors, Ion chambers, Photodiodes, Scintillation detectors, Solid-state detectors, Storage-phosphor image plates, X-ray film and burn paper.

Station Hardware and Electronics
● Motor controlled optics tables, motorized X-Z stages, fixed or motorized slits, ion chambers, flight tubes, jack stands, and other various components available for mounting onto the Klinger rail.
● Multi-channel Analyzers, single-channel analyzers, NIM compatible amplifiers, generators (pulse and function), fan-outs, discriminators, voltage to frequency converters, high voltage power supplies, video cameras and monitors, and electronic test equipment.

Station Computers and Networking
● Computers, Network connections, general computing

Software Data Collection and Experimental Control
● Unix-based with Spec™, motor control, set monochromator energy, Align experimental apparatus, take data, scan, and plot data.
● A part of the spec package, cplot, can be used to produce graphical presentations of data and is found on all station computers.
● MacCHESS has a wide variety of software for macromolecular crystallography
    * Dual ADSC Quantum-4 CCD
    * ADSC Quantum-210 CCD
    * ADSC Quantum-1 CCD backup detector 2
    * IP carousels
    * 1K and 2K Princeton Detectors
    * CHESS Dual-IP vacuum cassette
    * Fuji BAS2000 IP scanner

● MATLAB (Matrix Laboratory) is available on several computers.

● Chooch can be used to find an absorption edge from Escan data.

● In preparation for rocking curve measurements, chiopt can be used to determine the optimal setting of chi from a chi-theta mesh data set.

● Signals from CESR can be plotted on a VMS terminal.

2012 X-ray Runs

Feb. 22nd - March 26th
May 30th - July 2nd

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