An Upgrade for the Advanced Light Source
One of the first third-generation synchrotron light sources, the ALS, has been operating for almost a decade at Berkeley Lab, where experimenters have been exploiting its high brightness for forefront science. However, accelerator and insertion-device technology have significantly changed since the ALS was designed. As a result, the performance of the ALS is in danger of being eclipsed by that of newer, more advanced sources. The ALS upgrade that we are planning includes full-energy, top-off injection with higher storage-ring current and the replacement of five first-generation insertion devices with nine state-of-the art insertion devices and four new application-specific beamlines now being identified in a strategic planning process. The upgrade will help keep the ALS at the forefront of soft x-ray synchrotron light sources for the next two decades.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Advanced Light Source (ALS)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Director. Office of Science. Office of Basic EnergySciences. Materials Science and Engineering Division
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-05CH11231
- OSTI ID:
- 878531
- Report Number(s):
- LBNL-57862; R&D Project: 458090; BnR: KC0204016; TRN: US0602412
- Journal Information:
- Synchrotron Radiation News, Vol. 17, Issue 5; ISSN 0894-0886
- Publisher:
- Taylor & Francis
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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