In mid-August we had the chance to be part of our first experiment on a momentum microscope. This was also Sam’s first ever synchrotron experiment. Sam is a second-year undergraduate at St Edmund Hall, who is spending 10 weeks over the summer in our group working on our transition metal hydride project as part of the EPSRC Vacation Internship scheme.

We spent a week working on the momentum microscope at beamline P22 at DESY together with Vladimir Strokov from PSI and Volkmar Koller, Sergii Chernov and Christoph Schlueter from P22. The setup makes use of the hard X-ray capabilities of the beamline to enable bulk sensitive measurements with energy and angular resolution (you can read more about this here: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600577519012773). It was an intense and challenging, but also very enjoyable experiment given the fantastic team and machine. Watch this space for some beautiful results. For now you can enjoy photos of the beamline, dinners, and a bonus solar eclipse.