Country United States Floor area 4 ha Town or city Upton Construction started 2009 | Main contractor Torcon, Inc. Cost 912 million USD Architecture firm HDR, Inc. | |
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Type Research and Development Facility Owner United States Department of Energy Similar Advanced Light Source, Spallation Neutron Source, Cornell Laboratory for Accele, Center for Nanoscale Materials, Center for Nanophase Materials | ||
National synchrotron light source ii brookhaven national lab a new source to power new research
National Synchrotron Light Source II, or NSLS-II, is being constructed at Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York. It will cost US$912,000,000. NSLS-II will replace the original National Synchrotron Light Source (NSLS). Construction of NSLS-II began in 2009 and operations are expected in 2015. NSLS-II will be a new state-of-the-art, medium-energy electron storage ring operating at 3 GeV. It is designed to produce x-rays more than 10,000 times brighter than the original NSLS.
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- National synchrotron light source ii brookhaven national lab a new source to power new research
- Map of National Synchrotron Light Source II Upton NY 11967 USA
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Map of National Synchrotron Light Source II, Upton, NY 11967, USA
National synchrotron light source ii
Project
The NSLS-II storage ring is 792 m in length and there will be 60 to 80 beamlines. NSLS-II is designed to deliver photons with high average spectral brightness in the 2 keV to 10 keV energy range exceeding 1021 ph/s/0.1%BW/mm2/mrad2. The spectral flux density should exceed 1015 ph/s/0.1%BW in all spectral ranges. This is considered cutting-edge performance and requires the storage ring to support a very high-current electron beam of 500 mA. The ring will operate at 3 GeV, which is considered medium range; its high brightness and flux will make NSLS-II unique.