The National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center (NSRRC; Chinese: 國家同步輻射研究中心; pinyin: Guójiā Tóngbù Fúshè Yánjiū Zhōngxīn) synchrotron radiation facility at the Hsinchu Science Park in East District, Hsinchu City, Taiwan as the agency under the Ministry of Science and Technology of the Republic of China.
It houses the Taiwan Light Source (TLS) and Taiwan Photon Source (TPS). Additionally, the NSRRC also operates two beamlines at SPring-8 in Japan and the Sika neutron scattering instrument at the OPAL research reactor in Australia.
Instruments
Taiwan Light Source
The TLS is Taiwan's first synchrotron and was opened in 1993 as a third-generation synchrotron with a beam energy of 1.5 GeV beam. The storage ring has a circumference of 120 m. There are twenty-six operational beamlines.[2] They cover a wide range of functionality, from IR microscopy to X-ray lithography.
Taiwan Photon Source
TPS Tunnel
The TPS is a 3-GeV third-generation synchrotron light source, built at a cost of approximately NT$7 billion (US$224 million).[3] After a seven-year plan was launched in 2007, it delivered first light on December 31, 2014.[4][5] Projected to be 10,000 times brighter than the TLS,[6] the TPS is considered one of the world's brightest light sources. It has a storage ring circumference of 518.4 m. The facility is expected to have 48 experimental stations fully operational by 2016. The synchrotron is aimed to benefit biomedical and nanotechnology research.[6] The TPS is located adjacent to the TLS and the two light sources are intended to be complementary in providing a wide range of the photon spectrum, from IR to x-rays greater than 10 keV, for researchers' needs.[5]
Organizational structure
Light Source Division
Instrumentation Development Division
Experimental Facility Division
Scientific Research Division
Administration Division
Radiation and Operation Safety Division
See also
Ministry of Science and Technology (Republic of China)
References
"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-09-25. Retrieved 2009-07-22.
"Experimental Facility Division". NSRRC. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
"Taiwan Photon Source expected to boost nanotech research". Want China Times. 26 January 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
"First synchrotron light generated in Taiwan". Taiwan Today. 21 January 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
Lin, Diana (26 January 2015). "President Ma inaugurates NSRRC's synchrotron accelerator". The China Post. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
Tang, Chia-ling; Hung Mei-hsiu; Chung, Jake (26 January 2015). "NT$7bn particle accelerator sees light in Hsinchu". Taipei Times. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
External links
National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Taiwan
Hellenica World - Scientific Library
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