Open AccessCommissioning and Operation of the First Brazilian Synchrotron Light Source
Author(s) -
Rodrigues A. R. D.,
Craievich A. F.,
Gonçalves da Silva C. E. T.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
journal of synchrotron radiation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.172
H-Index - 99
ISSN - 1600-5775
DOI - 10.1107/s0909049597018293
Subject(s) - synchrotron light source , storage ring , synchrotron , physics , thermal emittance , electron , linear particle accelerator , cathode ray , beam (structure) , synchrotron radiation , optics , light source , particle accelerator , materials science , nuclear physics
The synchrotron light source designed and constructed at the LNLS is composed of a 1.37 GeV electron storage ring and a 120 MeV linac for low‐energy injection. The storage ring has been commissioned and has already reached the designed electron‐beam energy, current and emittance. The electron lifetime is now 6 h at 60 mA, and is steadily increasing. Seven beamlines (TGM, SGM, SXS, XAFS, XRD, SAXS, PCr) have been constructed in parallel with the electron accelerators and are at present in operation. Beam time was allocated to 129 approved research projects for the second semester of 1997. A number of them are currently under way.