17 October 2011: There are ten entrances into the storage ring at Diamond, each taking the form of a ‘labyrinth’ – a 90° turn to the right, followed by a 90° turn to the left before you enter the heart of the machine – a path which the light produced by the synchrotron cannot follow. The entrances are divided into PSS zones, or Personal Safety System zones, to identify the different sections of the storage ring. Image featured on the Dere and Swete photoblog
Posted on Monday October 17th
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Diamond Light Source is the UK’s national synchrotron science facility, located at the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus in Oxfordshire. By accelerating electrons to near light-speed, Diamond generates brilliant beams of light from infra-red to X-rays which are used for academic and industry research and development across a range of scientific disciplines including structural biology, physics, chemistry, materials science, engineering, earth and environmental sciences.Please do not copy and use these images without our permission. Contact Sarah Boundy for image use permission and/or high-res versions. We are happy to help.
