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The SOLEIL_LUCIA Instrument

A simple model for LUCIA at SOLEIL (fluorescence).

Identification

• Site: SOLEIL
• Author: E. Farhi
• Origin: SOLEIL
• Date: 2023

Description

The HU52 undulator, a DCM, a fluorescence sample, and monitors.
This model does not contain any focusing mirror.
The sample is a kind of biological cell.

Position | Element
---------|--------------------------------------------------------------------
0        | HU52 undulator "Apple II" type, 32 periods, gap 15-150mm
20       | Si(111) DCM, 40x40x10 mm^3 E0=5-16 keV
29       | Sample location
29.1     | Fluorescence Detector at 90 deg

Examples

(Test cases in bold)

• Test: -n 1e7 E0=3.09 Detector: mon_spl_SDD_I=9.69081e+09

Input parameters

Parameters in boldface are required; the others are optional.

Name	Unit	Description	Default
E0	keV	Nominal energy at the source, in 0.6-8 keV.	3.09
dE	keV	Energy half-bandwidth at the source.	0.02
dcm_theta	deg	Rotation angle of the DCM. 0=set from energy E0.	38.9
sample_material	str	Absorption data file for the sample.	"CaCO3AlP"
sample_geometry	str	OFF/PLY file name for sample 3D geometry, or NULL for a box.	"plant_cell.ply"

Links

• Source code for SOLEIL_LUCIA.instr.
• https://www.synchrotron-soleil.fr/en/beamlines/lucia

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