Synchrotron SOLEIL
The SOLEIL is an electron synchrotron in Saint-Aubin near Paris , France , which is used to generate synchrotron radiation . The name SOLEIL is a backronym for French S ource o ptimisée de l umière d ' é nergie i ntermédiaire du L URE and alludes to the French word soleil ("sun"). LURE stands for Laboratoire pour l'utilisation du rayonnement électromagnétique , a previous SOLEIL facility in nearby Orsay , which has since been closed .
The plant was put into operation on May 14, 2006. It is operated by a company of the same name, whose shareholders are the French national research organization Center national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) and the Commissariat for Nuclear Energy and Alternative Energies Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA). It is located in the Essonne department south of Paris, a region in which various nuclear facilities are also operated.
Data
In the synchrotron with a circumference of 354 m, electrons can be accelerated to 2.75 GeV . They almost reach the speed of light after 1.2 μs and pass through the ring 847,000 times per second. SOLEIL supplies photons from an energy range of 0.4 meV to 100 keV, i.e. from infrared radiation to ultraviolet light to hard X-rays . The maximum number of beamlines is 43, of which 29 are currently in operation (as of January 2020).
Individual evidence
- ^ Sources and Accelerators. Synchrotron SOLEIL, accessed April 18, 2014 .
- ↑ Lignes de lumière par domaine d'énergie. Synchrotron SOLEIL, accessed on January 18, 2020 (French).
- ↑ Beamlines. Synchrotron SOLEIL, accessed on January 18, 2020 .
Web links
Coordinates: 48 ° 42 ′ 36 " N , 2 ° 8 ′ 42" E