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Title: Overview of the advanced photon source (APS)

Abstract

The Advanced Photon Source (APS) is a state-of-the-art synchrotron light source facility dedicated to the production of extremely brilliant x-ray beams for research. Its super-intense x-ray beams will be used in many areas of research including industrial research, biological and medical research, defense-related research, and basic research. The APS x-ray beams will allow scientists to study smaller samples, more complex systems, faster reactions and processes, and gather data at a greater level of detail than has been possible to date. Creation of these beams begins with electron production by an electron gun with a thermionic cathode. The electrons are accelerated to 200 MeV by a linear accelerator (linac) and then impinge on a tungsten target, resulting in electron-positron pair production. The positrons are accelerated to 450 MeV in the remainder of the linac, then accumulated, damped, and transferred to a synchrotron that increases their energy to 7 GeV. The 7-GeV positrons are injected into a storage ring, where they pass through special magnets that cause them to emit x-rays of the desired quality. Construction at ANL is nearly complete at this time, and the APS will begin operating for users in 1996. The accelerator and experimental facilities are described inmore » this paper, and a brief overview of some of the experimental programs is given.« less

Authors:
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
162192
Report Number(s):
ANL/ASD/CP-87765; CONF-9409209-6
ON: DE96002509; TRN: 96:000746
DOE Contract Number:  
W-31109-ENG-38
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: Technical Women`s symposium, Countryside, IL (United States), 13-14 Sep 1994; Other Information: PBD: 1994
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; ADVANCED PHOTON SOURCE; OPERATION; DESIGN; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; RF SYSTEMS

Citation Formats

White, M M. Overview of the advanced photon source (APS). United States: N. p., 1994. Web.
White, M M. Overview of the advanced photon source (APS). United States.
White, M M. 1994. "Overview of the advanced photon source (APS)". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/162192.
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