© 1997 CNRS Audiovisuel

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288

From LURE to SOLEIL

Twenty-five years of synchrotron radiation in France

In order to obtain a circulatory trajectory in a particle accelerator, magnets are used to deviate the electron beam. The beam losts energy which is emitted at the exterior of the accelerator, in a form of light, in a variety of wavelength, going from the infrared to the X-rays: this is the synchrotron radiation.
This film recounts the use of the synchrotron radiation, from 1962 to 2000.

Duration

00:28:00

Production year

Définition

SD

Sound

Sound

Version(s)

French

Original material

video Beta SP

Production

CNRS Images,

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