Please note: these are the design specifications. Potential users should contact the B18 beamline team to discuss current capabilities.
The beam source is a Diamond Bending Magnet. B18 Front End will allow the collection of about 3mrad (H) x 0.14 mrad (V) radiation.
| Electron energy | 3 GeV |
| Beam current | 300 mA (w. upgrade to 500 mA) |
| Beam emittance | 2.7 nm.rad |
| Electron beam (rms) dimensions s x, , s y s x’ , s y’ | 53.7 m m, 23.7 m m 81.4 m rad, 2.6 m rad |
| Dipole magnetic field | 1.4 T |
| Dipole bending radius | 7.148 m |
| Critical energy | 8.39 keV |
| Photon flux at 10 keV [ph/sec/mrad/0.1%BW/300mA] | 1.3 x 1013 |
| Brightness at 10 keV [ph/sec/mm2/ mrad2/0.1%BW/300mA] | 3.8 x 1015 |
| Dipole power per horizontal angle | 47.9 W/mrad (80 W/mrad @500mA) |
| On axis power density | 184.4 W/mrad2 (307 W/mraAd2 @500m) |