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    CHESS celebrates 75 years of synchrotron light

    X-ray science has come a long way since X-rays were first discovered. Join us as we celebrate the technical and scientific achievements made by the light source community over the past 75 years.

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HMF - A first-of-its-kind X-Ray facility
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X-rays can uniquely address fundamental, long-standing questions about the nature of matter in high magnetic fields. The new HMF facility will enable research that is currently not achievable anywhere in the world.

Upcoming Workshop at CHESS - June 8
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The Optical Control of Physical Processes Probed with X-rays workshop will identify forefront research opportunities for optical control of physical properties in biological, chemical, and materials systems. This workshop will also address instrumentation related to the implementation of optical experiments at x-ray facilities.

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Students of Puerto Rico Designing Techniques of HMF at CHESS
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May 16, 2022
Characterization of 128 x 128 MM-PAD-2.1 ASIC: a fast framing hard x-ray detector with high dynamic range
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May 12, 2022
Unconventional Hysteretic Transition in a Charge Density Wave
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April 18, 2022

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