The result is a very high flux of x-rays along the wiggler beamline. The result is a long pulse of light, rather than a series of short bursts. Thus, the undulator emission is concentrated, producing high levels of flux and brightness. This intense illumination provides an unsurpassed source for recording images and measuring spectral characteristics of surfaces. The high cost of these ultra-bright light sources, and the limited beamtime, requires effective instrument handling to reduce any waste of measurement time.
Agents are independent, software machines.
They also can easily be adapted for different experimental conditions. Because object-based agents are so easily modified and implemented, it is easy for developers to quickly meet visiting researchers' needs. Also, data can be analyzed with IDL during the acquisition process, so you can evaluate the quality of the experimental data and guide further data acquisition. The Experiment Manager provides an authoring environment that allows defining data acquisition actions and setting all the relevant experiment parameters. The agent contains all the information needed to identify the experiment, the environment parameters and the scientific data.