User Guide

…for your research! Start your user journey with us by learning more about what to do in preparation for your final application. Click the “Full overview” button for the complete…

Call for proposals

…opens. The two calls & beamtime cycles are split approximately like this: Spring Cycle Call opens: September Approx. Beamtime period: March – August Fall Cycle Call opens: February Approx. Beamtime…

Science at ForMAX

…standard SWAXS or tomography experiments and approximately 10% request niche experiments utilizing our unique x-ray beam properties. In terms of scientific applications, almost half of the proposals deal with development…

Submit a proposal

…down the “CTRL” button while clicking on the additional beamline. Please use this multi-select function when applying for Beamtime.   Once you click “Save & Continue” or “Save & Return…

Create a Session

…can apply for an access card to MAX IV premises All participants in the session get access to the experimental data All samples & substances you plan to use for…

Access modes

…IV collaborates with various consortium and projects through which users can apply for “privileged beamtime” access, read more about beamtime collaborations and how to apply here: Collaborations offering beamtime chevron_right…

User information

…not yet applying for a perfect, polished beamline. We’re working hard, but it’s possible, maybe even probable that the control and measurement software will still cause frustration. For this reason…

The dawning of new interpretation for RIXS spectra

There is consensus among physicists that strict parity selectivity is required in dipole approximation with soft X-rays in the field of resonant inelastic X-ray scattering (RIXS). Meaning, when photons hit…