Joe Frisch: Synchrotron radiation sources and free ... - Conferences

What to take from this:
• There are a variety of possible X-ray sources with a wide
(but correlated) range of operating parameters.
• These are expensive facilities and their design should be
driven by the science requirements, but the scientists need
to know what to ask for.
• X-ray scientists need to understand the capabilities and
limitations of the machine designs in order to know what is
reasonable and what isn’t.
When an experiment is running you don’t want to hear: “Wow,
you can do that!”
Or worse
“What do you mean you can’t do that?!”
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