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Science Driven Instrumentation at the Advanced Light Sources

Abstract
Sharper and sharper experimental tools are often crucial for understanding of novel physical phenomena and making new discoveries. Today in condensed matter physics we are experiencing need for revolutionary new instrumentation for understanding interplay of many degrees of freedom interacting at different energy, length and time scales. These interactions lead to new phases of matter and emergent phenomena such as high temperature superconductors, topological insulators and thermoelectric materials, to name a few. The primary focus of my talk is to present the science opportunity, through various examples, upon the necessity for advanced techniques and instrumentation to elucidate the application of soft x-ray synchrotron radiation for unraveling the emergent phenomena in quantum materials and energy related challenges.