The GALAXIES Beamline at SOLEIL Synchrotron: Inelastic X-ray Scattering and Photoelectron Spectroscopy in the Hard X-ray Range

J.P. Rueff (1, 2) , J.M. Ablett (1) , D. Céolin (1) , D. Prieur (1) , Th. Moreno (1) , V. Balédent (1) , B. Lassalle (1) , J.E. Rault (1) , M. Simon (1, 2) , A. Shukla (3)

1 SSOLEIL - Synchrotron SOLEIL
2 LCPMR - Laboratoire de Chimie Physique - Matière et Rayonnement
3 IMPMC - Institut de minéralogie, de physique des matériaux et de cosmochimie

The GALAXIES beamline at the SOLEIL synchrotron is dedicated to inelastic x-ray scattering (IXS) and photoelectron spectroscopy (HAXPES) in the 2.3-12 keV hard x-ray range. These two techniques offer powerful, complementary methods of characterization of materials with bulk sensitivity, chemical and orbital selectivity, resonant enhancement and high resolving power. After a description of the beamline components and endstations, we address the beamline performances through a selection of recent works both in the solid and gas phases and using either IXS or HAXPES approaches. Prospects for studies on liquids are discussed.

Domaines: Instrumentations et Détecteurs [physics.ins-det]; Physique Générale [physics.gen-ph]

J.P. Rueff, J.M. Ablett, D. Céolin, D. Prieur, Th. Moreno, et al.. The GALAXIES Beamline at SOLEIL Synchrotron: Inelastic X-ray Scattering and Photoelectron Spectroscopy in the Hard X-ray Range. J.Synchrotron Radiat., 2015, 22, pp.175-179. ⟨10.1107/S160057751402102X⟩. ⟨hal-01827967⟩