OVERVIEW:

The Chemical Dynamics Beamline at the Advanced Light Source (ALS) is a national user facility located at the  Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.  It is devoted to the study of fundamental chemical processes using vacuum ultraviolet light generated by an undulator at the ALS.  Three endstation ports provide low, medium, and high resolution outputs in the vacuum ultraviolet, nominally from 5-30eV photon energies, with various fluxes depending on resolution. Several end stations are supported for experiments in photoionization spectroscopy, ion and electron imaging, flame studies, crossed beam collisions, photofragmentation, helium droplet spectroscopy, radical production, and ion-molecule reactions.  Potential users can also bring their own associated equipment to utilize the light outputs for novel experiments. The beamline is operated and maintained  by a group of staff scientists, post-doctoral fellows, and graduate students.  Outside users collaborate with the beamline staff to perform studies of fundamental chemical interactions, combustion, interstellar chemistry, and materials.

The scope of the Chemical Dynamics beamline includes all areas of chemical physics.  New directions in novel microscopies, aerosols and liquid jet studies, kinetics, structure, and dynamics, and alignment imaging, among others, are encouraged.