The first beamline for a long X-ray undulator source is under construction
at SPring-8 for development of coherence-related X-ray applications. The st
ructure of the beamline, with four experimental hutches, is based on those
of SPring-8 standard X-ray undulator beamlines. The station equipment prepa
red for the initial operation are a multi-axis precision diffractometer, a
femto-second laser system and a multi-circle diffractometer mounting a 15 T
super-conducting magnet. Commissioning of the beamline will start in Octob
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