Image: ESRF-EBS
Upgrades to the pioneering particle accelerator on schedule after technical issues says head
The Extremely Brilliant Source has been switched on for the first time. The on-schedule event is a bright spot for a cutting-edge particle accelerator being constructed in Grenoble, France that has been troubled by ‘hiccups’.
The pioneering “lattice” of magnets the EBS uses to guide a beam of electrons around a ring should mean the light it produces when fully operational is 100 times brighter than previous synchrotron accelerators.
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