Science Highlights

Beamline Usage Policy

1. Every person who will use SIBYLS must be trained directly by SIBYLS staff. 2. Users may not operate equipment in the SIBYLS hutch for which they have not been trained. 3. If more then one person will be using the beamline over the course of the assigned time one spokesperson (the original proposal applicant…
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Heating Shield

We have a coaxial cryojet configuration, which is very convenient for users with multiple sample pin lengths as their samples are guaranteed to lie within the center of the cryostream. However, this means that we often have problems with the build up of ice on the sample pins and the goniometer stalk. Therefore we have…
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Helium Box

We are in the process of building a Helium box for the PX endstation. It has a lower and upper box. The lower box will be permanently affixed to the endstation, and the upper box will be removable. Although it is a little complicated to remove, it takes about 5 minutes to install/remove. I’ve posted…
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