Diamond Light Source

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Diamond Light Source (2008)

The Diamond Light Source is a synchrotron radiation source in Oxfordshire , England . The storage ring has a circumference of 560 meters and accelerates electrons to an energy of 3 G eV . Diamond is optimized for the generation of electromagnetic radiation with photon energies around 10 keV, but not only generates X-rays , but also light of longer wavelengths up to the infrared range. Operations started at the beginning of February 2007.

The construction and operating company Diamond Light Source Ltd is 86% owned by the UK government and 14% by the Wellcome Trust .

The director ( CEO ) of Diamond Light Source has been the chemist Andrew Harrison since January 1, 2014. He is the successor to the German physicist Gerhard Materlik , who headed Diamond from its foundation in 2001 to 2013.

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  1. ↑ Stefan Jorda: A diamond for science . In: Physics Journal . tape 6 , no. 3 , 2007, p. 11 ( online as PDF ).
  2. ^ Diamond Light Source names new CEO. Wellcome Trust , July 4, 2013, accessed February 18, 2014 .

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Coordinates: 51 ° 34 ′ 28 "  N , 1 ° 18 ′ 39"  W.