We report the first results from a spherical grating monochromator for the
linear undulator beamline (hv=26-300 eV) at a compact 700 MeV electron-stor
age ring (HiSOR) at Hiroshima University. The Rydberg series of Ne (hv simi
lar to 48eV) up to n=20 and the double excitation spectrum of He (hv simila
r to 65eV) up to n=20+have been observed. The maximum energy resolving powe
r (E/DeltaE) at hv similar to 65 eV is estimated to be >16,000 with the pho
ton flux >10(10) photons/s. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reser
ved.