Date: 20th - 22nd February 2024
Location: Grenoble, France
XIDyn CollaboratorsIn February, Technology staff travelled to the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) in Grenoble to collaborate on the new detector technology, XIDyn.
XIDyn (DynamiX and
XIDer) is being developed for diffraction-limited storage ring synchrotrons by a collaboration between STFC, Diamond Light Source, the ESRF, the University of Heidelberg, and EuXFEL. The detector will have to operate at 100 times higher flux and 2-5 times higher energies than the current state-of-the-art detectors. XIDyn will also operate at a more than 100kHz frame rate with MHz burst mode capture to enable in-situ, high throughput and time-resolved science at facilities like Diamond II.
Matt presents at the collaboration meetingAt the meeting, the collaborating facilities presented the detector needs and the science that would be unlocked with the new XIDyn detector. Attendees also discussed a range of work packages including ASIC design, detector material characterisation, readout systems, assembly, and tiling.
The team will be working together to build and test this leading-edge technology which is crucial to delivering the science of fourth-generation synchrotrons.
