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The Australian Synchrotron: A Third Generation Synchrotron What does it do? …… It’s a big light source! |
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Size: approximately a football
field Capital Cost: A$ 206 million Status: under construction - first light 2007 Wavelengths: infra-red to X-rays in a continuous distribution Light Source: Electrons (in
a “bunch”) traveling very close to the speed of light, accelerated in RF (radio frequency) electric & magnetic fields. |
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