Australian Synchrotron

As the path of these electrons are deflected in the storage ring by either bending magnets or insertion devices, they emit synchrotron light.

The light is channelled to experimental endstations containing specialised equipment, enabling a range of research applications including high resolution imagery that is not possible under normal laboratory conditions.

During 2014–15 the Australian Synchrotron supported more than 4,300 researcher visits and close to 1,000 experiments in areas such as medicine, agriculture, environment, defence, transport, advanced manufacturing and mining.

[4] In 2015, the Australian Government announced a ten-year, A$520 million investment in operations through ANSTO, Australia's Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation .

[5][6] A 1.5 MW solar power system on the roof is expected to save $2 million in electricity costs over 5 years.

The booster ring is 130 metres in circumference and contains a single 5-cell RF cavity (operating at 500 MHz) which provides energy to the electron beam.

Two of the straight sections are used to host the storage ring 500 MHz RF cavities, which are essential for replacing the energy that the beam loses through synchrotron radiation.

The storage ring also contains a large number of quadrupole and sextupole magnets used for beam focusing and chromaticity corrections.

The interior of the Australian Synchrotron facility in 2006 before the beamlines were installed. Dominating the image is the storage ring , with an experimental endstation at front right. In the middle of the storage ring is the booster ring and linac . [ 9 ]
Inside the booster ring shielding, the linac is visible at image right extending from the electron gun at the far wall, and joining into the booster ring seen at the left
Soft x-ray beamline and endstation