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Title: Synchrotron Radiation: The Light Fantastic

Abstract

What happens when scientists and engineers suddenly have access to an x-ray source that is one million times more intense than anything they have used before? The answer is A REVOLUTION, much like that which resulted from the introduction of lasers and high speed computers. Herman Winick will discuss how such intense beams of short wavelength light, or x-rays, are produced by high energy electron accelerators at SLAC and 50 other laboratories around the world, and the profound impact that they are having on many areas of basic and applied research. Particular examples include the use of these x-rays to unravel the mysteries of protein function (leading to new drugs to combat disease) and understand the nature of toxic contaminants in soil and water (leading to remediation strategies).

Authors:
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
SLAC (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States))
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
OSTI Identifier:
1131314
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-76SF00515
Resource Type:
Multimedia
Resource Relation:
Journal Volume: 257; Journal Issue: 5; Conference: SLAC Public Lecture Series, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California, presented on April 27, 2004
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; APPLICATIONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; SSRL

Citation Formats

Winick, Herman. Synchrotron Radiation: The Light Fantastic. United States: N. p., 2004. Web. doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1187-88.
Winick, Herman. Synchrotron Radiation: The Light Fantastic. United States. doi:https://doi.org/10.1038/scientificamerican1187-88
Winick, Herman. Tue . "Synchrotron Radiation: The Light Fantastic". United States. doi:https://doi.org/10.1038/scientificamerican1187-88. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1131314.
@article{osti_1131314,
title = {Synchrotron Radiation: The Light Fantastic},
author = {Winick, Herman},
abstractNote = {What happens when scientists and engineers suddenly have access to an x-ray source that is one million times more intense than anything they have used before? The answer is A REVOLUTION, much like that which resulted from the introduction of lasers and high speed computers. Herman Winick will discuss how such intense beams of short wavelength light, or x-rays, are produced by high energy electron accelerators at SLAC and 50 other laboratories around the world, and the profound impact that they are having on many areas of basic and applied research. Particular examples include the use of these x-rays to unravel the mysteries of protein function (leading to new drugs to combat disease) and understand the nature of toxic contaminants in soil and water (leading to remediation strategies).},
doi = {10.1038/scientificamerican1187-88},
journal = {},
number = 5,
volume = 257,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Apr 27 00:00:00 EDT 2004},
month = {Tue Apr 27 00:00:00 EDT 2004}
}

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