Synchrotron Radiation News ISSN: 0894-0886 (Print) 1931-7344 (Online) Journal homepage: https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/gsrn20 Wayforlight: The Catalogue of European Light Sources C. Blasetti, I. Andrian, F. Billè, E. Coghetto, S. Deiuri, D. Favretto, M. Turcinovich, R. Pugliese, E. Osmenaj, G. Appleby, A. Froideval, U. Pietsch, A. Sanchez, N. Valls Vidal, E. Mitchell, N. Rabhi, S. Aogaki, Z. Kasik, F. Canova, F. Gliksohn, D. Stozno, J. Michel, D. Normand, R. Brancaleon, G. Paro, M. Tinta & D. Zotti To cite this article: C. Blasetti, I. Andrian, F. Billè, E. Coghetto, S. Deiuri, D. Favretto, M. Turcinovich, R. Pugliese, E. Osmenaj, G. Appleby, A. Froideval, U. Pietsch, A. Sanchez, N. Valls Vidal, E. Mitchell, N. Rabhi, S. Aogaki, Z. Kasik, F. Canova, F. Gliksohn, D. Stozno, J. Michel, D. Normand, R. Brancaleon, G. Paro, M. Tinta & D. Zotti (2019) Wayforlight: The Catalogue of European Light Sources, Synchrotron Radiation News, 32:2, 35-36, DOI: 10.1080/08940886.2019.1582291 To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.1080/08940886.2019.1582291 Copyright Taylor & Francis Published online: 29 Mar 2019. Submit your article to this journal Article views: 296 View Crossmark data Full Terms & Conditions of access and use can be found at https://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?journalCode=gsrn20 News and Views Plan for one of the 7-bend achromat sectors. correlation spectroscopy (XPCS), ptychogra- goal is of the order of <0.3 μm rms for verti- Mohan Ramanathan for their assistance in phy/spectromicroscopy, coherent grazing inci- cal beam position in ID straight sections in a preparing this article. ■ dence small angle scattering (GiSAXS), and 0.01–2 1 kHz bandwidth. diffraction microscopy. Two of these beam- References lines will extend beyond the present APS ex- Going forward 1. D. Einfeld et al., Proc. 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The portal’s main asset is a de- fer at such sources, and proposed recommenda- tailed searchable catalogue of facilities, beam- tions for optimal use of these facilities. For the greater depth, allowing them to develop more lines, and instrumentation available at Euro- benefit of the different and growing user com- elaborate, comparative, and complementary pean light sources. Thanks to its advanced munities, the information was incorporated into experiments at various facilities. search tools, a visitor can filter beamlines by the wayforlight database, integrating the laser- The capabilities of the wayforlight data- scientific discipline, by technique, but also by driven advanced light sources for the first time base were also extended by including a set of energy range or sample type. in the same catalogue. The newly augmented Advanced Programming Interfaces (APIs), The original dataset included European syn- database, created and maintained at Elettra, be- such that information entered by instrument chrotron and free electron laser (FEL) sources, came publicly available in September 2018. scientists can be automatically displayed on and was created under the EC FP7-funded proj- The facilities and beamline datasheets are their own individual facility website. In this ect CALIPSO. The Horizon 2020 EUCALL standardized; users are now able to explore way, description of instrumentation at the project [2] grouped together advanced light the database and directly compare instrumen- participating facilities has been standardized, sources, including synchrotrons, FELs, and op- tation at a much larger number of facilities in while avoiding the disadvantage that beamline Synchrotron Radiation News, Vol. 32, No. 2, 2019 35 News and Views scientists have to manually enter instrumenta- Industry can benefit from a multi-language 6. www.calipsoplus.eu tion data into multiple platforms. These two section that explains the capability of light 7. http://www.wayforlight.eu/en/users/esuo/ 8. U. Pietsch et al., Journal Synchrotron Rad. 21, factors represent the key towards a sustainable sources and facilitates interaction with the in- 638–639 (2014). future for the catalogue as a whole. dustrial liaison offices of the facilities. More- 9. http://www.wayforlight.eu/en/industries/ Discussions on further data integration are over, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) 10. https://www.leaps-initiative.eu/ presently ongoing with several facilities, as can apply for access to light sources via way- 11. https://physicstoday.scitation.org/do/10.1063/ well as with the FELs of Europe association forlight. Financed by the CALIPSOplus proj- PT.6.2.20190123a/full/ 12. LEAPS Strategy 2030: https://www.leaps-initi and the global website lightsources.org [4]. ect, feasibility tests, as well as complete beam ative.eu/news/presentation_of_leaps_strategy_ Wayforlight was also presented at a MERIL times including data analysis, are offered free 2030/ [5] meeting, and the possibility to interlink of charge [9]. C. Blasetti,1 I. Andrian,1 F. Billè,1 the two portals has been considered to be very The portal is continuously updated with a E. Coghetto,1 S. Deiuri,1 D. Favretto,1 promising. strong focus on future sustainability. In this re- M. Turcinovich,1 R. Pugliese,1 E. Osmenaj,2 On wayforlight, researchers have all major spect, a pilot project is being developed within G. Appleby,3 A. Froideval,4 U. Pietsch,5 European light sources, now including not only the League of European Accelerator-based A. Sanchez,6 N. Valls Vidal,6 E. Mitchell,7 synchrotrons and FELs, but also laser sources, Photon Sources (LEAPS) initiative [10], N. Rabhi,8 S. Aogaki,9 Z. Kasik,10 at a glance. Thanks to the joint efforts of EU- grouping together all accelerator-based Euro- F. Canova,11 F. Gliksohn,11 D. Stozno,12 CALL and CALIPSOplus, it is a smart system, pean light sources with the goal of creating a J. Michel,12 D. Normand,12 since data will be more easily transferrable to European Technology Roadmap [11, 12]. R. Brancaleon,13 G. Paro,13 M. Tinta,13 and D. Zotti13 other websites, ensuring future interoperabil- ity. Within the CALIPSOplus project [6], the Acknowledgments 1Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste, Trieste, Italy; portal was expanded with two additional sec- CB warmly thanks her colleagues C. Cal- 2AREA Science Park, Trieste, Italy; tions targeting academic and industrial users. legari, A. Lausi, A. Locatelli, T. O. Mentes, M. 3Institute of Radiation Physics, Inexperienced users might be especially Zangrando, D. Garzella, and B. Schramm for Dresden, Germany; fruitful discussions on the portal policy and 4Institute of Ion Beam Physics and Materials interested in the section introducing the Eu- database architecture. Research, Dresden, Germany; ropean Synchrotron and FEL User Organisa- 5Universität Siegen, Siegen, Germany; tion (ESUO), created in 2010 [8], composed Funding 6ALBA, Barcelona, Spain; of national delegates from 30 countries of the 7ESRF, Grenoble, France; CB acknowledges support from the EC European Research Area as well as Israel and 8ELI-Beamlines, Dolní Břežany, grants CALIPSOplus (GA n. 730872) and EU- Turkey. Dedicated webpages for each of the 30 Czech Republic; CALL (GA n. 654220). ■ 9ELI-NP, Bucharest, Romania; countries involved in ESUO provide the con- 10ELI-ALPS, Szeged, Hungary; tact data of the national delegates and informa- ORCID 11ELI-DC AISBL, Brussels, Belgium; tion about the activities of the national user or- Cecilia Blasetti 12LASERLAB-EUROPE, Brussels, Belgium; ganizations, where applicable. In addition, an http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3519-8371 13Promoscience, Trieste, Italy online tutorial on how to write a competitive proposal and how to submit it is offered. In References the near future, access to a dedicated Proposal 1. www.wayforlight.eu 2. www.eucall-project.eu Note Dashboard to visualize the status of the various 3. www.fels-of-europe.eu Published with license by Taylor & Francis beamtime proposals submitted at the different 4. www.lightsources.org Group, LLC facilities will also be available. 5. https://portal.meril.eu © C. Blasetti, I. Andrian, F. Billè, E. Coghetto, S. Deiuri, D. Favretto, M. Turcinovich, R. Pugliese, E. Osmenaj, G. Appleby, A. Froide- Advertisers Index val, U. Pietsch, A. Sanchez, N. Valls Vidal, E. Mitchell, N. Rabhi, S. Aogaki, Z. Kasik, Crystal Scientific (UK), Ltd............................................ Inside back cover F. Canova, F. Gliksohn, D. Stozno, J. Michel, D. Normand, R. Brancaleon, G. Paro, M. DECTRIS, Ltd............................................................... Outside back cover Tinta, and D. 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