The SLAC Linear Coherent Light Source (LCLS)

par Mlle Cecile Limborg (SLAC)

lundi 24 sept. 2007, 11:00 → 12:00 US/Central

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The Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) is a revolutionary new machine for the production of hard x-rays. The x-rays are emitted in the form of a laser beam, with a brightness that is 10 billion times greater than that of any existing x-ray source on earth. X-rays are already our most widely used and essential tool for studying and understanding the arrangement of atoms in materials such as metals, semiconductors, ceramics, polymers, catalysts, and plastics, and in biological molecules. The structural knowledge obtained with x-rays holds the key to understanding the properties of matter such as mechanical strength, magnetism, transport of electrical currents and light, energy storage, and catalysis. Likewise, in biology much of what we know about structure and function on a molecular level comes from x-ray studies. Such knowledge forms the basis for the development of new materials and molecules and the enhancement of their properties, which in turn will advance technology, fuel our economy, and improve our quality of life. LCLS will bring a completely new dimension to the use of x-rays to study matter through its unique properties never before available.

The first results concerning LCLS injection line will be presented.

Slides CLimborg.pdf