What is a Synchrotron?
- It is a round facility, the main part of which is a closed, circular vacuum tube. Inside the tube, electrons move at a high speed. The electron movement is curved by means of strong magnets, which simultaneously keep the electrons in the middle of the tube. Changing the movement direction, the electrons produce light, which has high intensity (brilliance) and can have furhter unique features such as strictly set wavelength (colour) in a broad range of wavelengths and required polarization. The light can be obtained in the form of very short flashes with precisely set timing or in the form of very narrow microbeams. Synchrotrons are employed in many scientific fields (life sciences, material sciences, the environment research, and social sciences), and in industry (microelectronics, nanotechnologies, micro-engineering, spectroscopy, pharmacy etc.).
- An electron synchrotron is the most universally usable type of accelerator, constituting an intensive source of light with unique features. I am pleased that this unique Eastern Europe scientific project is gonna take place in a city of my studies - in Brno. There was a conference about this project in Brno, more information find here.
