Previous status updates

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2011  overlook

The installation of the main optical components of the beamline started on the 8th February 2010 and was completed by May 2010. The delivery of the KB refocusing system chamber occurred in December 2010. However, the mirrors were delivered only in July 2011. The end-station for dichroism has successfully been installed in September 2011. The scattering end-station is currently in design phase. In the second half of 2010 and the first half of 2011 the main part of the beamline infrastructure has been installed (water and compressed air piping from the main circuits to the components, and all cabling concerning the optical part of the beamline, i.e. excluding end-stations).

18th October 2011  

The "real" commissioning with x-ray beam has started on the 18th October 2011.

June 2011  

The beamline has seen its first photons on the 7th and the 9th of June 2011 (at a limited storage ring current of 5 mA). During the few hours of beam availability, we took several images of the undulator beam (at various gaps and phases) with the DiagOn and we could detect the beam reflected by PM and TM.