Status of the crystallography beamlines at synchrotron SOLEIL⋆

A. Coati; L. M. G. Chavas; P. Fontaine; N. Foos; B. Guimaraes; P. Gourhant; P. Legrand; J. -P. Itie; P. Fertey; W. Shepard; T. Isabet; S. Sirigu; P. -L. Solari; D. Thiaudiere; A. Thompson

doi:10.1140/epjp/i2017-11403-3

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EPJ PLUS - Condensed Matter and Complex Systems

Focus Point on Status of third-generation synchrotron crystallography beamlines: An overview

Eur. Phys. J. Plus (2017) 132: 174
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/i2017-11403-3

Regular Article

Status of the crystallography beamlines at synchrotron SOLEIL^⋆

A. Coati, L. M. G. Chavas, P. Fontaine, N. Foos, B. Guimaraes, P. Gourhant, P. Legrand, J. -P. Itie, P. Fertey, W. Shepard, T. Isabet, S. Sirigu, P. -L. Solari, D. Thiaudiere and A. Thompson^*

Synchrotron SOLEIL, L’Orme des Merisiers, BP 48, 91192, Gif sur Yvette, France

^* e-mail: andrew.thompson@synchrotron-soleil.fr

Received: 7 February 2017
Accepted: 8 February 2017
Published online: 17 April 2017

Abstract

Synchrotron SOLEIL (www.synchrotron-soleil.fr) is the French national centre for synchrotron radiation research, and has been open, for user applications, since 2008. Operating at an energy of 2.75GeV, injected current of 500mA, with an excellent beam stability of < 1 micron at the source position and beam “top up”, and with a high proportion of straight sections for the ring circumference, SOLEIL offers a wide range of possibilities for diffraction experiments. The beamlines serving crystallographic communities are listed, along with their area of expertise and available equipment. A detailed description of the design of the PROXIMA 1 beamline for macromolecular crystallography is given, and an example of an (unsuccessful but significant) experiment is given.

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