MaRIE: Opportunities for new x-ray sources to shed light on mesoscale functional materials

Abstract

MaRIE Summer 2016 Workshop Series LA-UR-17-22104 The development of new femtosecond x-ray free electron lasers (XFEL)-such as Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, SACLA in Japan, and the European XFEL-has enabled groundbreaking discoveries in biology, chemistry, materials science, and physics. At Los Alamos National Laboratory, the first very hard (42-keV) XFEL, part of the MaRIE (Matter-Radiation Interactions in Extremes) facility, is being developed to study the dynamic properties of materials under extreme conditions for national security science missions. Sponsors: MaRIE (marie.lanl.gov) Institute for Materials Science (ims.lanl.gov) Artist's rendering of a MaRIE preconceptual design.