The CHESS-U upgrade project: why all the work?

Abstract:   Make no mistake: replacing a sixth of CESR and building six new x-ray beamlines in half-a-year or so will be one of the biggest challenges Wilson laboratory has ever undertaken. The primary reason to do this is to keep CHESS on the cutting-edge of providing unique x-ray research capabilities and enabling new types of scientific investigations. At the completion of CHESS-U in 2018, CHESS will be the premier synchrotron source in the US for  x-ray microscopy and time-resolved studies in the 20-100 keV regime with the speed, sensitivity, and versatility to push R&D frontiers. This talk will try to explain the future scientific needs our research community envisions, as well as how those needs are shaping the scope of the project.