Invited speakers

Sirius: the new Brazilian Synchrotron Light Source

by Dr Harry Westfahl Jr. (LNLS)

UTC
Maxwell auditorium (ALBA Synchrotron)

Maxwell auditorium

ALBA Synchrotron

Ctra. BP 1413, km. 3,3 Cerdanyola del Vallès (Barcelona)
Description

The Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory (LNLS) is building Sirius, a 4th generation 3 GeV storage ring based on a five bend achromat (5BA) magnetic lattice that will be able to reach 270 pm rad emittance (bare machine). The low beta straight sections of this 518 m circumference storage ring have been optimised for maximum photon brilliance (betax,y ~ 1.5 m) and to allow new configurations of insertion devices (with small BSC < 2.4 mm (v) x 4 mm (h)). Phase 1 and 2 will include 13 beamlines, 8 based on insertion devices, and 5 based on the high-brilliance 2T superbends at the center of each 5BA .The ID beamlines will cover experimental programs, such as coherent diffraction imaging of large cells, tender x-ray nano-spectroscopy, matter under extreme conditions, soft-x-ray spectroscopy of solid/liquid/gas interfaces and high energy tomography, while more conventional synchrotron techniques will make use of the 2T superbends. In this talk I will overview some of the main aspects of this new storage ring and its first beamlines, as well as the current status of the project.