Descripción del proyecto
ALBA synchrotron is the Spanish largest research infrastructure with the mission to provide to external users (academic and industry) with state-of-the art synchrotron characterization tools, In order to support users, the phase-I of ALBA consists on seven beamlines, Out of the seven beamlines, Material Science and Powder Diffraction (MSPD) beamline is dedicated to high-resolution powder diffraction; and Core Level Absorption & Emission Spectroscopies (CLAESS) beamline is dedicated to hard X-ray absorption and emission spectroscopies, These two beamlines currently can record data on cooling down to approximately liquid nitrogen temperature, However, there are very interesting experiments that need temperatures in the range 5-80 K and these measurements cannot be currently carried out at these beamlines, Here, we propose to acquire a liquid Helium dynamic flow cryostat to cover the 5 to 80 K temperature range, This is a very cost efficient acquisition as it will be used in two beamlines, Managing/scheduling of this infrastructure should be smooth as both beamlines belong to the same ALBA section, Chemistry & Material Science, Operation and maintenance is ensured from ALBA running costs, We can highlight some scientific examples that will benefit from this infrastructure: superconductivity, magnetoelectronic, spintronics, multiferroics and strongly electron-correlated systems in general that display transitions in this temperature range