Open AccessRay‐tracing analysis of capillary concentrators for macromolecular crystallography
Author(s) -
Thiel Daniel J.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
journal of synchrotron radiation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.172
H-Index - 99
ISSN - 1600-5775
DOI - 10.1107/s0909049597035607
Subject(s) - capillary action , synchrotron radiation , synchrotron , macromolecule , tracing , ray tracing (physics) , diffraction , optics , materials science , x ray , distributed ray tracing , chemistry , crystallography , physics , computer science , composite material , biochemistry , operating system
The use of capillary concentrators as X‐ray condensers specifically for macromolecular X‐ray diffraction experiments using synchrotron radiation is evaluated. Monocapillary and polycapillary designs are assessed by ray‐tracing analysis to evaluate how effectively these capillary concentrators can increase the X‐ray intensity onto a 50 µm crystal.