The GALAXIES beamline at the SOLEIL synchrotron: inelastic X-ray scattering and photoelectron spectroscopy in the hard X-ray range

J P Rueff; J M Ablett; D Céolin; D Prieur; Th Moreno; V Balédent; B Lassalle-Kaiser; J E Rault; M Simon; A Shukla

doi:10.1107/S160057751402102X

The GALAXIES beamline at the SOLEIL synchrotron: inelastic X-ray scattering and photoelectron spectroscopy in the hard X-ray range

J Synchrotron Radiat. 2015 Jan;22(1):175-9. doi: 10.1107/S160057751402102X. Epub 2015 Jan 1.

Authors

J P Rueff¹, J M Ablett¹, D Céolin¹, D Prieur¹, Th Moreno¹, V Balédent¹, B Lassalle-Kaiser¹, J E Rault¹, M Simon¹, A Shukla²

Affiliations

¹ Synchrotron SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, BP 48, St Aubin, 91192 Gif sur Yvette, France.
² Institut de Minéralogie, de Physique des Matériaux et Cosmochimie, UMR CNRS 7590, UPMC Université Paris 06, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, IRD UMR 206, 4 Place Jussieu, F-75005 Paris, France.

PMID: 25537606
DOI: 10.1107/S160057751402102X

Abstract

The GALAXIES beamline at the SOLEIL synchrotron is dedicated to inelastic X-ray scattering (IXS) and photoelectron spectroscopy (HAXPES) in the 2.3-12 keV hard X-ray range. These two techniques offer powerful complementary methods of characterization of materials with bulk sensitivity, chemical and orbital selectivity, resonant enhancement and high resolving power. After a description of the beamline components and endstations, the beamline capabilities are demonstrated through a selection of recent works both in the solid and gas phases and using either IXS or HAXPES approaches. Prospects for studies on liquids are discussed.

Keywords: HAXPES; RIXS; inelastic X-ray scattering; photoemission.