The booster synchrotron was successfully tested at the Shared Use Center "Siberian Ring Source of Photons" (SKIF). During the tests, the first electron beam was recorded, which made two full revolutions. Thus, all systems of the engineering complex are working correctly, including the linear accelerator. Scientists have already registered the movement of the beam using synchrotron radiation and plan to increase its energy to the design level of 3 GeV in June.
The injection complex became the basis of SKIF. In it, electrons are created in a linear accelerator, collected into a beam and accelerated to 200 MeV. Then they enter the booster synchrotron, where their energy reaches 3 GeV, after which the beam is sent to the main storage ring. The director of the center, Evgeny Levichev, noted that the next stage, associated with the launch of the storage ring, will be more difficult than the launch of the booster. The fact is that the booster synchrotron uses proven technologies, while the storage ring has become a unique installation with advanced parameters.
The SKIF project is a megascience project with a fourth-generation synchrotron. The installation should significantly increase the brightness of radiation compared to other world sources.
The new system will open access for scientists to processes that were previously inaccessible for study. Specialists have prepared a program for the first six experimental stations and plan to create 24 more stations for studying new directions.
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