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SPRING8 Beamlines: BL12B2 , BL24XU , BL26B1 , BL26B2 , BL32B2 , BL38B1 , BL40B2 , BL41XU , BL44B2 , BL44XU , BL45XU

Beamline Name BL44XU
Beamline Website http://www.spring8.or.jp/wkg/BL44XU/instrument/lang-en/INS-0000000385/instrument_summary_view
Owner/Operator .
Operational (general use) yes
%Time available (general use) .
Beamline Schedule http://www.spring8.or.jp/en/users/status/schedule/07_schedule
Experiments Crystal structure analysis of biological macromolecular assemblies (e.g. membrane protein complexes, protein complexes, protein-nucleic acid complexes, and viruses)
Source In-vacuum Undulator
Ring Current(mA) 100 (as of 10/1/2005)
Average Beam Lifetime > 200 hr
Spot Size 0.025 mm (V) x 0.025 mm (H)
Optics Double-crystal monochromator and a horizontal focusing mirror.
Flux 10^12 photons/s
Flux Details .
Wavelength Min (Å) 0.775
Wavelength Max (Å) 1.378
Monochromator double-crystal
Crystal type .
Mirrors horizontal focusing mirror.
Mirror Cutoff .
Special Capabilities .
Other Instrumentation .
Goniometer Two individual single rotation axis (horizontal and vertical) goniometers are available
Pin Length .
Restrictions .
xtal-detector Distance 250 mm - 1000 mm
Detector DIP-6040 (Bruker-AXS) and PX210 (Oxford Instruments, ANL)
Detector Details DIP6040 has a CCD detector (Bruker-AXS SMART6500) surrounded by independent six imaging plate detector systems.
2theta range .
Cryo Capability Two types of cryostream coolers, nitrogen gas and helium gas
Lab Facilities Biology and chemistry preparation laboratories, cold room
Biohazard .
Software MOSFLM, HKL2000 (DIP6040, SMART6500), CCP4
Hardware .
Backup Devices .
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