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Angular resolution ranging from 1 to 10 minutes (of arc)
Significantly higher usable intensity incident on sample (expect more than an order of magnitude or more increase)
Background should not increase for a broader intensity beam wavelength band (assuming elastic scattering only) but may increase with an incident beam of greater angular divergence
Scientific Opportunities/Applications
. . . Should enable (conservative prediction)
Significantly shorter measurement times for a given sample size (or smaller sample volumes for a given data collection time)
Opportunities for measurements of structural evolution in real time
. . . Might enable (pushing the envelope)
The possibility of performing phase-sensitive specular NR measurements, which is the equivalent of one-dimensional real space imaging, in real time
Created November 20, 2019, Updated October 26, 2020