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ArticleJournal of synchrotron radiation2026

Enhancing hard X-ray beamline performance at SwissFEL through spontaneous radiation measurements.

Christoph Kittel, Masamitsu Aiba, Christopher Arrell, Ariana Cassar, Eugenio Ferrari, Nicole Hiller, Eduard Prat, Sven Reiche, Nicholas Sammut, Thomas Schietinger and 3 more

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Article in Journal of synchrotron radiation, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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13 authors.

Christoph KittelPaul Scherrer Institut, Forschungsstrasse 111, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-5527-1009
Masamitsu AibaPaul Scherrer Institut, Forschungsstrasse 111, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-8638-6917
Christopher ArrellPaul Scherrer Institut, Forschungsstrasse 111, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-2932-196X
Ariana CassarUniversity of Malta, MSD2080 Msida, Malta.
Eugenio FerrariDeutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, 22603 Hamburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-1082-5984
Nicole HillerPaul Scherrer Institut, Forschungsstrasse 111, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland.
Eduard PratPaul Scherrer Institut, Forschungsstrasse 111, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-7065-7417
Sven ReichePaul Scherrer Institut, Forschungsstrasse 111, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-7797-6736
Nicholas SammutUniversity of Malta, MSD2080 Msida, Malta.
Thomas SchietingerPaul Scherrer Institut, Forschungsstrasse 111, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-2701-538X
Didier VoulotPaul Scherrer Institut, Forschungsstrasse 111, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland.
Tobias WeilbachPaul Scherrer Institut, Forschungsstrasse 111, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-9125-3393
Marco CalviPaul Scherrer Institut, Forschungsstrasse 111, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-2502-942X

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Abstract

The hard X-ray beamline (Aramis) of the Swiss free-electron laser (SwissFEL) has been in user operation since the end of 2017 and its performance has been continuously monitored and enhanced over the past eight years. From the beginning, spontaneous radiation has been utilized to monitor the behavior of its 13 individual undulator modules: the pointing direction of the electron beam in each module, their alignment relative to the electron beam, and the calibration of their magnetic field strength (K calibration). This article introduces the methods employed at the Aramis beamline to optimize performance using spontaneous radiation, traces the evolution of these improvements, and highlights the recently achieved record performance.

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free-electron lasersynchrotron radiationundulatorX-rays

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PMID41379568
PMCPMC12809448

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