US Synchrotron Beamlines for Macromolecular X-ray Crystallography

Facility (overview)	Beamline (tech specs)	Operational (general use)	Expt. Capability	Wavelength(Å)	Flux	Detector
ALS	5.0.1	yes	Monochromatic, Se SAD		1.6 x 10e11 photons/sec	ADSC Quantum - 210; CCD area detector
	5.0.2	yes	MAD & Monochromatic	0.73-3.2A	8 x 10e11 photons/sec	ADSC Quantum-315; CCD area detector
	5.0.3	yes	Monochromatic (1A fixed)		1.7e11 photons/sec	ADSC Quantum 315R;CCD area detector
	4.2.2	Yes	MAD and monochromatic	0.5-3.5	1 x 10(12) XPh/s/mm2 flux density FWHM full beam	NOIR-1 Detector built by E. Westbrook; 180 cm lens focused ccd
	8.2.1	yes	MAD	0.6 - 2.4 A	1.8x10^11 photons/s	Quantum Q315R ADSC Area Detector
	8.2.2	yes	MAD	0.6 - 2.4 A	2.3x10^11 photons/sec	Quantum 315 ADSC Area Detector
	8.3.1	yes	MAD	2.5-0.73 (1% of max flux)	1.6X10E(11) photons/sec through 0.1 mm round aperture	CCD Area Detector Quantum 315r ADSC
	12.3.1	yes	MAD, SAXS		Calculated flux (1.9 GeV, 400 mA)	1: ADSC Q315 2: MAR 165 in fast frame transfer mode
APS	5ID-B	yes	MAD, SAD
	22-ID	yes	MAD / SAD	0.5 - 2.0	7 x 10(to the 12th power)	MAR300 CCD
	31-ID	Yes	Macromolecular crystallography, Single wavelengths, SAD, MAD		At sample position: (Se K edge, 1st harmonic of undulator) ~2 x 10E12 (photons/sec, measured w/Si pin diode)	MAR CCD 165
	18-ID	Available to general users	SAXS/WAXS, XAS, Fiber Diffraction		2 x 10^13
	8-BM	yes	Macromolecular, MAD	0.886 - 1.908 A	1X10E11 p/s through 0.2 mm aperture	ADSC Q315
	23-ID-D	yes	MAD/SAD		1 x 10E(13) @ 12 KeV	MARMosaic 300
	23-ID-B	yes	MAD/SAD		1 x 10E(13) @ 12 KeV	MARMosaic 300
	23-BM	Operational	Macromolecular		2 x 10(11) at 12 keV	MAR 225 CCD
	24-ID-C	yes	Macromolecular Crystallography, MAD/SAD	Designed for 5-25kEV. Being comissioned for lower and higher energies..	10^14 X-ray photons/mm2/sec, focussed	ADSC Q315
	14-BM-C	yes	Monochromatic	0.75-1.9	5.8X10^10 ph/sec/(200 micron aperture)	ADSC Quantum 315
	14-BM-D	yes	MAD	0.7-1.9	3.3X10^9 ph/sec/(200 micron aperture)	ADSC Q-4 CCD or MARCCD-165
	14-ID-B	yes	MAD, Laue, Time-resolved Biology	0.7-1.9	6X10^10 ph/sec/(200 micron aperture)	MARCCD-165 or ADSC Q-4
	17-BM	Yes	Monochromatic & MAD	0.6-2.0	1.1*10E(11) photons/s/(200 micron aperture)	Mar 165mm CCD system
	17-ID	yes	monochromatic & MAD	0.7-2.0	2.3*10E(11) photons/s/(200 micron aperture)	ADSC Q210 CCD detector
	19-BM	yes	* MAD/SAD phasing * Crystals of membrane proteins * Cryo-crystallography	0.92 - 2.0	2.0 x 10E(11) photons/s	SBC CCD
	19-ID	yes	MAD/SAD * large unit cells * weak diffraction * cryo-crystallography to 10K * ultra high resolution	0.63-2.0	1.3 x 10E(13) x-ray photons/s	ADSC Q315
	22-BM	yes	MAD/SAD	0.5 - 2.0.	7 x 10(to the 12th power).	MAR225 CCD.
CAMD	GCPCC	Yes	MAD and Monochromatic	0.71-1.77	5.0x10e9 ph/sec (400 micron aperture)	Mar165 CCD
CHESS	A1	yes	Monochromatic		5.0x1013 total flux, 7.5x1011 thru 200m collimator	ADSC Quantum - 210 CCD (four 2048x2048-pixel modules).
	F1	yes	Monochromatic		3.0x1011 thru 300m collimator.	ADSC Q-270 CCD detector, dimensions are 4168 x 4168 (2084 x 2084 in binned mode); ADSC Quantum-4 CCD detector (four 1152x1152-pixel modules)
	F2	yes	MAD & Monochromatic	0.89 - 1.57 A	8x1011 doubly-focused into 3.6 mm x 0.32 mm	ADSC Quantum - 210 CCD (four 2048x2048-pixel modules).
NSLS (see note below)	X4A	Yes	MAD, SAD		2 x 10E(10), x-Ray photons per second through a 200 um aperature at 300mA, 2.6 G eV, lambda 1 Ang	Quantum-4 CCD (ADSC)
	X6A	yes, 2003	Multiple-wavelength anomalous diffraction and single wavelength	6 to 22 keV		ACSD Q210
	X1A	yes	scanning transmission x-ray microscopy and microspectroscopy (IMG)	40-45	1 x 10 (18) photons/sec	gas proportional counter solid state silicon detector photodiodes
	X29A	yes	MAD/SAD	0.83 to 1.8	3.5 x 10E(11) x-ray photons/s	ADSC Q315
	X9B	No - as of October 2006 this beamline was moved to X3B. Any datasets collected from that time forward should be reported as NSLS Beamline X3B	X-ray absorption spectroscopy X-ray absorption spectroscopy, extended fine structure X-ray absorption spectroscopy, fine structure X-ray absorption spectroscopy, near edge fine structure X-ray absorption spectroscopy, near edge structure	0.95-3.09	Roughly 2.4 x 10E(10) (To be measured shortly)	Canberra GL0055S
	X3A	Yes	MAD		3.8 x 10E(10) X-Ray photons per second through a 0.2mm square aperture, 300mA current, energy =12658eV	MarCCD-165
	X4C	Yes	Monochromatic (SAD, Native)			MAResearch 345 image plate detector.
	X8C	yes	MAD	0.6-6	10E(10), X-Ray photons per second through a 200 um aperture, 300 mA, 2.6 GeV, lambda 1 Ang	Quantum-4R CCD (ADSC)
	X3B	yes	XAS EXAFS XANES	0.95-3.09	Roughly 2.4 x 10E(10) (To be measured shortly)	Canberra GL0055S
	X12B	yes	MAD	0.95-1.61	0.6x10E(10), X-Ray photons per second through a 200 um aperture, 300 mA, 2.6 G eV, lambda 1 Ang	Quantum-4 CCD (ADSC)
	X12C	yes	MAD	0.8 - 2.5	0.5 x 10E(10), X-Ray photons per second through a 200 um aperture, 300, 2.6 GeV, lambda 1 Ang	Q210 made by ADSC
	X25	yes	MAD and Laue	0.4-4.0	3 x 10E(11), X-Ray photons per second through a 200 um aperture, 250 mA, 2.8 GeV	ADSC Q315
	X26C	yes	MAD/SAD and Laue		5.1 x 10E(10), X-Ray photons per second through a 200 um aperture, 300 mA, 2.6 GeV, lambda 1.1 Ang	Quantum-4 CCD (ADSC)
	X9A	No - X9A ceased operation in May 2006 when it was physically moved to X3A where operation resumed in October 2006	MAD	0.84-1.85	2.4 x 10E(10) X-Ray photons per second through a 0.2mm aperture, 207mA current, wavelength of 0.98 Ang.	MarCCD-165
SSRL	BL1-5	yes	MAD, optimized SAD, automated sample screening.	0.85 - 2.07	1.5x10E(10)ph/s	ADSC Quantum-315 CCD
	BL11-3	yes	Monochromatic, automated crystal screening	0.97-0.98	2.6e10 ph/s	ADSC Quantum-4 CCD
	BL12-2	no - under construction	MAD, SAD, microcrystal diffraction.	0.7-2.1	4xe(12) ph/s
	BL4-2	yes	SAXS,WAXS,USAXS,ASAXS		~10E(11) ph/sec with Si(111), at 9 keV, 100 mA, 3 GeV; ~3x10E(12) ph/sec with multilayers	MarCCD165, Hamamtsu C4880 image intensified CCD detector system, EMBL gas chamber detectors,
	BL7-1	Since February 2007	Monochromatic		2.2e11	ADSC Quantum-315R CCD
	BL9-1	yes	MAD (Se, Kr, Br, Pb), SAD, automated sample screening	0.79 - 0.99	4.1x10E(10) ph/s	ADSC Quantum-315R CCD
	BL9-2	yes	MAD, SAD, automated sample screening	0.85 - 2.07	2.5x10E(11) ph/s	MarUSA MarMosaic -325 CCD
	BL11-1	yes	MAD (restricted energy range), SAD, Automated sample screening	0.82 - 1.17	3.5 x 10E(11)	MarUSA MarMosaic -325 CCD
	BL7-3	yes	XAS		~10E(10) ph/sec at 9 keV, 100 mA, 3 GeV
	BL9-3	yes	XAS		~10E(12) ph/sec at 9 keV, 100 mA, 3 GeV
	BL6-2	yes	XAS		~5x10E(11) ph/sec at 9 keV, ~10E(10) ph/sec at 3 keV, 100 mA	Mar 325

Note: on flux for NSLS: flux measured in 1997 corresponds to NSLS x-ray ring emittance of 90 nm-rad; NSLS x-ray ring emittance has improved to 45 nm-rad, and this has resulted in about a factor of 2 increase in the delivered fluxes; A more up-to-date sampling of the flux is not yet available.

Last Updated: Jan 28 2008