title: Physical sciences at Diamond: past achievements and future opportunities.
abstract: The start of user operation at the Diamond Light Source in January 2007 marks a major milestone for the physical sciences in the UK. The routine delivery to the UK community of ultra-bright X-ray beams from the third-generation source has provided us with capabilities that were available previously only at international sources, and indeed has created some that are unique. Here, a personal view is given of some of the achievements to date, and possible future opportunities outlined.
authors.affiliation: London Centre for Nanotechnology, University College London, London WC1H 0AJ, UK d.mcmorrow@ucl.ac.uk.
authors.forename: D F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: McMorrow
keywords: X-ray; angle-resolved photo-emission spectroscopy; free-electron laser; resonant inelastic X-ray scattering; synchrotron