Sirius (synchrotron light source)

Sirius
A model of Sirius
Location(s) Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil Edit this at Wikidata
Coordinates 22°48′28″S 47°03′09″W / 22.80789°S 47.0525°W / -22.80789; -47.0525Coordinates: 22°48′28″S 47°03′09″W / 22.80789°S 47.0525°W / -22.80789; -47.0525 Edit this at Wikidata
Organization Laboratório Nacional de Luz Síncrotron Edit this on Wikidata
Telescope style Synchrotron light source Edit this on Wikidata
Website www.lnls.cnpem.br/sirius/ Edit this at Wikidata
Location of Sirius

Sirius is a diffraction-limited storage ring synchrotron light source under construction at the Laboratório Nacional de Luz Síncrotron in Campinas, São Paulo State, Brazil. It will have a circumference of 518.4 metres (1,701 ft), a diameter of 165 metres (541 ft), and an electron energy of 3 GeV.[1] The produced synchrotron radiation covers the range of infrared, optical, ultraviolet and X-ray light.[2]

Costing R$1.8 billion,[3] it was funded by the Ministry of Science, Technology, Innovation and Communication (Brazil) and the São Paulo Research Foundation.[2] Discussion started in 2008, and initial funding of R$2 million was granted in 2009. Construction started in 2015,[3] and is due to open in 2018.[2]

See also

Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory - Sirius

Beamline projects at Sirius

References

  1. ↑ "The Sirius Project Book" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 "Novo acelerador de partículas será inaugurado em 2018, em Campinas". Folha de S.Paulo (in Portuguese). 19 January 2015.
  3. 1 2 "[revista piauí] A aposta do superacelerador". revista piauí (in Portuguese). 14 August 2017.
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