Image - Jonathan Denlinger, right, a staff scientist in the Scientific Support Group at the ALS, and Sooyoung Jang, a postdoctoral fellow, work at the MERLIN beamline at Berkeley Lab’s Advanced Light Source in this 360-degree video. MERLIN (Beamline 4.0.3) specializes in X-ray techniques that explore the properties of complex materials, including topological materials. (Credit: Berkeley Lab Video Production)

How X-rays Pushed Topological Matter Research Over the Top

Pioneering X-ray experiments at Berkeley Lab’s Advanced Light Source (ALS) helped bring to life decades-old theories about exotic states of matter, and the ALS continues to play an important role in this flourishing field of topological matter research.

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