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The Center, which is operated by the Brazilian Center of Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM)<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory – LNLS |url=https://lnls.cnpem.br/about/ |access-date=2023-05-08 |website=lnls.cnpem.br}}</ref> under a contract with the [[Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico|National Research Council]] (CNPq) and the [[Ministry of Science and Technology (Brazil)|Ministry of Science and Technology]] of [[Brazil]], has the only particle accelerator (a [[synchrotron]]) in Latin America, which was designed and built in Brazil by a team of physicists, technicians and engineers.
The Center, which is operated by the Brazilian Center of Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM)<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory – LNLS |url=https://lnls.cnpem.br/about/ |access-date=2023-05-08 |website=lnls.cnpem.br}}</ref> under a contract with the [[Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico|National Research Council]] (CNPq) and the [[Ministry of Science and Technology (Brazil)|Ministry of Science and Technology]] of [[Brazil]], has the only particle accelerator (a [[synchrotron]]) in Latin America, which was designed and built in Brazil by a team of physicists, technicians and engineers.


Currently, the Brazilian Synchrotron has 6 different [[beamline]]s in operation for its user community, covering energies ranging from a few [[electronvolt]]s to tens of kiloelectronvolts. The uses include:
Currently, the Brazilian Synchrotron has 6 different [[beamline]]s<ref>{{Cite web |title=Accelerator Commissioning during 2021 and 2022 – LNLS |url=https://lnls.cnpem.br/sirius-updates/accelerator-commissioning-during-2021-and-2022/ |access-date=2023-05-08 |website=lnls.cnpem.br}}</ref> in operation for its user community, covering energies ranging from a few [[electronvolt]]s to tens of kiloelectronvolts. The uses include:
*X-Ray Diffraction
*X-Ray Diffraction
*Macromolecule Crystallography
*Macromolecule Crystallography

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Laboratório Nacional de Luz Síncroton
Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory
The Sirius particle accelerator building completed in November 2018
Established1997
Research typehigh-energy physics
DirectorHarry Westfahl Jr.[1]
LocationCampinas, São Paulo, Brazil
22°48′14″S 47°03′14″W / 22.80389°S 47.05389°W / -22.80389; -47.05389
Websitewww.lnls.cnpem.br

Laboratório Nacional de Luz Síncrotron (Template:IPA-pt; LNLS) is the Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory,[2] a research institution on physics, chemistry, material science and life sciences. It is located in the city of Campinas, sub-district of Barão Geraldo, state of São Paulo, Brazil.

The Center, which is operated by the Brazilian Center of Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM)[3] under a contract with the National Research Council (CNPq) and the Ministry of Science and Technology of Brazil, has the only particle accelerator (a synchrotron) in Latin America, which was designed and built in Brazil by a team of physicists, technicians and engineers.

Currently, the Brazilian Synchrotron has 6 different beamlines[4] in operation for its user community, covering energies ranging from a few electronvolts to tens of kiloelectronvolts. The uses include:

  • X-Ray Diffraction
  • Macromolecule Crystallography
  • Small Angle X-Ray Scattering
  • X-Ray Absorption and Fluorescence Spectroscopy
  • UV and Soft X-Ray Spectroscopy

depending on the beamline used.

In current production is the Sirius Project, a plan for a 3 GeV synchrotron light source. The groundbreaking ceremony took place in May 2013. The plan includes an initial 13 beamlines, with a final goal of 40, ranging from 10 eV to 100 keV. It is being built next to the current CNPEM campus. It was inaugurated in 2018.[5]

Sirius Synchrotron Entrance

References

  1. ^ "Diretoria". CNPEM (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2021-02-25. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
  2. ^ "History of the Synchrotron Light Sources – LNLS". www.lnls.cnpem.br.
  3. ^ "The Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory – LNLS". lnls.cnpem.br. Retrieved 2023-05-08.
  4. ^ "Accelerator Commissioning during 2021 and 2022 – LNLS". lnls.cnpem.br. Retrieved 2023-05-08.
  5. ^ "Acelerador de Partículas Sirius é inaugurado".

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