18 July 2011: The 450+ magnets that make up the storage ring each have their own water cooling circuit. If the flow of water to the plastic tubes pictured is reduced or blocked, the orange cone falls and a magnet within the cone trips an electric circuit that then stops the electron beam. The blockage can then be found and repaired before the machine is powered up again. Photo by Margaret Stranks.
Posted on Monday July 18th
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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.
