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ESRF installs first components of new Extremely Brilliant Source

By ESRF, Anya Joly. Published on 25 April 2019 in:
April 2019, EPS Associate Members, ESRF, Extremely Brilliant Source, large facilities, synchrotron, x-ray source

The ESRF’s new Extremely Brilliant Source (EBS) is officially entering a new stage. This week, the first components for the EBS – the world’s first, high-energy fourth-generation synchrotron light source – have been installed in its storage ring tunnel: a new milestone in the history of the European Synchrotron.

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Goodbye ESRF girders

By ESRF. Published on 25 February 2019 in:
February 2019, News, EPS Associate Members, ESRF, large facilities, synchrotron, x-ray source

On 10 December 2018, Europe’s leading x-ray source was shut down for a 20-month upgrade that will boost the brightness of its beams by a factor of 100. In spite of this 20-month shutdown, ESRF’s engineers and technicians have no time to relax.

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