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Source

The incident beam, produced, conditioned, and defined before the sample. A walk along the source-stage devices; the sample and detection stages are documented as their own composed-fixture pages, the controllers that drive these devices are on the Controls page, and the supplies they draw on are in Operations. Each device pairs its human name with the EPICS handle, its key specs, and whether it is field replaceable. new marks a device not yet modeled in CORA; confirm marks a value taken from the docs that staff have not yet verified.

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Property Value
Facility nsls2
Sector Sector 8
Tier Unit
Source insertion-device (confirm: 8-ID in-vacuum undulator on the NSLS-II 3 GeV ring (SR:OPS-BI{DCCT:1} reads the ring current). The profile collection drives photon energy through the HHM trajectory and does not expose the undulator gap / period PVs, so the source identity and range are inferred (SRC-1).)

Enclosures

Enclosure Role Facility Permit signal
8-ID-A optics-hutch nsls2 confirm: PSS search-and-secure permit leaf not in source; the front-end shutter is XF:08ID-PPS{Sh:FE} and the photon shutter is XF:08IDA-PPS{PSh} (PSS-1)
8-ID-B experiment-hutch nsls2 confirm: PSS permit leaf unknown; 8-ID-B (PV zone XF:08IDB) is the experiment enclosure carrying the sample stages, ion chambers, detectors, and emission spectrometers (PSS-1)

Source

The 8-ID insertion-device source, the front-end beam-defining slit, and the front-end and photon shutters.

Enclosure: 8-ID-A.

Name Family PV Key specs Replaceable Status
Undulator InsertionDevice confirm: 8-ID in-vacuum undulator; energy is driven through the HHM trajectory and the undulator gap PV is not in the profile collection (SRC-1)
The hard-X-ray insertion device feeding 8-ID on the NSLS-II 3 GeV ring (ring current SR:OPS-BI{DCCT:1}I:Real-I). Period, gap range, and the gap-tracking coupling to the monochromator are not in source (SRC-1).
confirm
FrontEndSlit Slit FE:C08A-OP{Slt:12-Ax: Front-end white-beam slit (FE:C08A-OP{Slt:12-Ax:X} / {Slt:12-Ax:Y}, horizontal and vertical gap / center) defining the accepted beam. confirm
FrontEndShutter Shutter XF:08ID-PPS{Sh:FE} Front-end photon shutter. confirm
PhotonShutter Shutter XF:08IDA-PPS{PSh} Photon shutter gating the beam into the optics enclosure (a two-button open / close shutter). confirm

Optics

Condition the beam and set its energy: the high-heat-load trajectory monochromator (HHM) and the high-resolution monochromator (HRM), the collimating and focusing mirrors, the harmonic-rejection mirror, the filter box, and the hutch slits. PVs verified against the iss-profile-collection startup files.

Enclosure: 8-ID-A.

Name Family PV Key specs Replaceable Status
HighHeatLoadMonochromator Monochromator XF:08IDA-OP{Mono:HHM-Ax: The primary double-crystal monochromator (HHM; pitch / roll / theta / Y crystal axes XF:08IDA-OP{Mono:HHM-Ax:P/R/Th/Y}Mtr, and a flying energy axis XF:08IDA-OP{Mono:HHM-Ax:E}Mtr). Energy is swept as a trajectory fly-scan: the Bragg angle follows a pre-computed look-up table on the Delta-Tau controller (XF:08IDA-OP{MC:06}, with per-element Traj:1-9 element / edge / E0 descriptors). Reuses the Monochromator family. Crystal cut and energy range pending (DCM-1). confirm
HighResolutionMonochromator Monochromator XF:08IDA-OP{Mono:HRM-Ax: The high-resolution monochromator (HRM; theta / Y / pitch axes XF:08IDA-OP{Mono:HRM-Ax:Th/Y/P}Mtr) used for high-energy-resolution incident-beam conditioning. Reuses the Monochromator family. Crystal cut and reflection pending (DCM-1). confirm
CollimatingMirror1 Mirror XF:08IDA-OP{Mir:1-CM First collimating mirror (CM1; pitch / roll / X / Y multi-jack axes, with Rh / Si / Pt stripes selected by the X translation). Reuses the Mirror family. confirm
CollimatingMirror2 Mirror XF:08IDA-OP{Mir:2-CM Second collimating mirror (CM2; Pt / Rh stripes) with a bender (XF:08IDA-OP{Mir:2-CM-Ax:BEN}Mtr and a load-cell readback). Reuses the Mirror family. confirm
FocusingMirror Mirror XF:08IDA-OP{Mir:FM Focusing mirror (FM; Pt / Rh stripes) with a bender (XF:08IDA-OP{Mir:FM-Bender}Mtr and a load-cell readback). Reuses the Mirror family. confirm
HarmonicRejectionMirror Mirror XF:08IDB-OP{Mir:HRM: High-harmonic-rejection mirror (HHRM; YU / YD1 / YD2 / pitch / table axes and a horizontal stripe translation, Si / Pt / Rh). It sits in the experiment enclosure (PV zone XF:08IDB). Reuses the Mirror family. confirm
FilterBox Filter XF:08IDA-OP{Fltr:FB Attenuator / filter box (XF:08IDA-OP{Fltr:FB-Ax:Y}Mtr positioning five insertable filters Fltr1-5) hardening the beam and limiting flux. Reuses the Filter family. confirm
HutchSlit Slit XF:08IDB-OP{Slt Beam-defining slit in the experiment enclosure (XF:08IDB-OP{Slt-Ax:V-GAP / V-POS / XI / XO}Mtr); a second four-blade hutch slit sits at XF:08IDB-OP{Misc:2-Ax:}. Reuses the Slit family. confirm
EnergyAxis PseudoAxis The master energy axis: a pseudopositioner mapping photon energy to the HHM Bragg angle (and the coupled undulator gap), realized as the trajectory fly-scan. The energy sweep is the EXAFS measurement, which strengthens but does not coin the deferred energy_scan Capability (ENERGY-1, the BMM question); the technique scope is TECH-1. confirm
BeamPositionMonitor BeamPositionMonitor XF:08IDA-BI{BPM:FM} Beam-position monitors along the optics (Prosilica cameras XF:08IDA-BI{BPM:FM / CM / 1-BT / 2-BT}) and sample-positioning cameras downstream (XF:08IDB-BI{BPM:SP-n}, XF:08IDB-BI{BPM:ES}). Binds the loose BeamPositionMonitor family that 4-ID / 8-ID / 9-ID also use (held; DIAG-1). confirm