The Bonse Hart instrument works!
Ok, so let’s start with the disclaimer: very initial results (fresh off the instrument, hence the delay), and the primary beam intensity is still very, […]
Taking the Bonse Hart instrument apart again…
After a week trying to get a good reflection to come through the crystal — and failing —, it is time to take it apart, […]
Aligning the Bonse Hart crystal
For the last two weeks, I have had the X-ray generator up and running. After installation of an old cooling system there were some troubles […]
Slight delay.
My apologies for not having a post ready this week, I wanted to post about instrument alignment and how amazingly well it works, but it […]
Going all out: a new poster!
This week is the annual NIMS conference, a small conference here in Tsukuba in which there are only invited speakers. There is, however, a poster […]
Comment on the current state of internet surveillance
Unfortunately, not everything can be solved with small-angle scattering. Current affairs have led me to write this post, in which I try to highlight the […]
NIM-duino as ersatz counter-ratemeter (counts up to ~50000 counts per second)
The Bonse Hart USAXS instrument is coming along nicely, and the expectation is that we can start using X-rays pretty soon. One missing element in […]
A review of data collection and correction procedures.
Following my previous work in progress detailing the data correction steps to obtain good data, I finally had the chance to write this down in […]
Minor delay…
My apologies for not posting this week. Next week there should be much goodness!
Paper highlight, Madrid meeting and Detector electronics
A few things came up in the last two weeks which may be of interest. Firstly, I will be in Madrid for a magnesium alloys […]