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A detector for the sources

Nature Methods volume 15, pages 774–775 (2018)Cite this article

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A new detector built for X-ray free-electron lasers provides unprecedented speed and accuracy for macromolecular crystallography at synchrotron radiation facilities—and finally allows crystallographers to harness the full capabilities of those sources.

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Fig. 1: Pixels of the JUNGFRAU detector as seen under a microscope, with an overlay of the pixel structure.

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  1. Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, DESY, Hamburg, Germany

    Henry N. Chapman

  2. Department of Physics, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Henry N. Chapman

  3. Centre for Ultrafast Imaging, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Henry N. Chapman

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