05 December 2011: An endoscope explores the inside of the storage ring’s vacuum tube. During scheduled shutdown periods, the vacuum team at Diamond use endoscopes to help them accurately line up modified sections of the storage ring to ensure that there are no gaps between components.
Posted on Monday December 5th
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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.
