Making good use of synchrotron radiation, The role of CHESS at Cornell and as a national facility

Journal Article · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1986 · Eng., Cornell Q.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5327021

Batterman, B W

Atom smashers is what the New York Times calls them when it publishes a piece about particle accelerators. Historically, particle accelerators were in fact used to break apart atoms, but modern machines do more exotic things. One of them is a spin-off of acceleration - the production of high-energy synchrotron radiation. Once considered a nuisance, this radiation has become valuable in almost every field of science and engineering. It is the basis of a national facility, the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS), that operates in conjunction with the Cornell Electron Storage Ring (CESR). CHESS provides the highest-energy synchrotron radiation available in the United States.

• Research Organization: Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY
• OSTI ID: 5327021
• Journal Information: Eng., Cornell Q.; (United States), Vol. 20:4
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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STORAGE RINGS
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