Diamond - a Light for Science (choice, service)

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http://www.diamond.ac.uk/AboutDiamond/default.htm
I heard about this centre on the Lunchtime news. The Centre itself consists of many research departments, incuding
The accelerators complex at Diamond consists of a 100 MeV LINAC, a full energy booster and a 3GeV storage ring with 22 straight sections available for Insertion Devices (IDs) to produce synchrotron light.

Anyone interested in Physics, I am sure, would enjoy looking over this site.

About Diamond
Company Information
Diamond Light Source Ltd is funded by the UK Government via the Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils (CCLRC), and by the Wellcome Trust, owning 86% and 14% of the shares respectively.
The Joint Venture company was established in March 2002 to build and operate the facility. Diamond Light Source will gather a team of 300 dedicated staff, including engineers, scientists, support staff and technicians from around the world.
Diamond's Board of Directors and Diamond Chief Executive Officer appoint members for two advisory committees, bringing together international expertise on synchrotron science and machine design. The Science Advisory Committee (SAC) and the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) advise on the choice of operating parameters and review proposed synchrotron design and experiments to ensure maximum scientific return over the lifetime of the facilities. Reports from the committees and other background technical literature are available from the publications section.
Diamond - a Light for Science

Diamond will produce x-ray, infrared and ultra-violet beams of exceptional brightness. These highly focused beams of light will enable scientists and engineers to probe deep into the basic structure of matter and materials, answering fundamental questions about everything from the building blocks of life to the origin of our planet. Internal schematic of the machine building
Synchrotron light is an indispensable tool in many research areas including physics, chemistry, materials science and crystallography. In addition, synchrotron light is increasingly being exploited by new communities such as medicine, geological and environmental studies, structural genomics and archaeology.
Diamond is a third generation 3 GeV (Giga electron Volt) synchrotron light source. Third generation light sources use arrays of magnets, called insertion devices, to generate extremely intense, narrow beams of electromagnetic light, about 10,000 times brighter than the UK’s current facility based at the Daresbury Laboratory in Cheshire.
Diamond will be the best medium-energy x-ray source in the world and will be optimised to produce X-rays with energies between 100 electron volts (soft X-rays) and 20,000 electron volts (hard X-rays). In addition, Diamond will also provide a good source of X-rays up to 100,000 electron volts.
Extensive consultation with the user community resulted in a portfolio of experimental stations, called beamlines. Diamond's beamlines will be built in two phases. In Phase I, seven beamlines will be built. In Phase II, a further fifteen beamlines will be added at a rate of four to five per annum.
State-of-the-art instrumentation will complement the light source, ensuring that researchers from the UK and abroad have access to cutting-edge analytical techniques and services for at least the next thirty years.
For more information follow the Diamond Step-by-Step guide.