The MAX IV organisation is taking the MAX 4U science case and key messages on the benefits of high brilliance X-ray analysis on the road this spring, visiting more than a dozen universities in Sweden for presentations and discussion.
To gain greater understanding of the needs of Swedish researchers and enable the success of MAX 4U, the first acclelerator upgrade globally of a 4th generation lightsource, will require collaboration across many scientific disciplines and expertise areas. Input from the MAX IV user communities will clarify which X-ray technologies and methodologies can and will ideally serve researchers to conduct their best science.
“A major benefit is that we get to meet the users directly. Hear what they think, what their concerns are. This is very valuable for what we can do for them at MAX IV, and for future development,” said MAX IV Science Director Joachim Schnadt.
Swedish users or potential users of MAX IV will be asked how the facility can support their work today and for their engagement with the MAX 4U science case, which includes five key research areas: Health & Life Sciences, Environmental & Earth Sciences, Energy Materials, Advanced Materials, and Quantum Materials.
The MAX IV Roadshow expert group visited Linköping University and Linnaeus University in April. “There’s been great meetings and a very positive and engaging vibe thus far,” said MAX IV Deputy Science Director Aymeric Robert.
The Roadshow schedule includes stops at Linköping University (LiU), Linnaeus University (LNU), Uppsala University (UU), Chalmers University of Technology, Karolinska Institute (KI), campuses of the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Stockholm University (SU), KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Umeå University (UmU), the University of Göteborg (GU), Luleå University of Technology (LTU), and Karlstad University (KaU), with other visits pending.
Whether with the high X-ray briliance available now, or beyond with the successful implementation of MAX 4U in the future, MAX IV offers world-class instrumentation to conduct research with atomic-level detail in Lund.
“We are not limited to what we can do with the tools. Its up to people’s imagination what they see they can do with their research ideas,” explained Schnadt.
