800 Blackburn Road Clayton, which is near Monash University
Wednesday 20th February, 2019
If there are more than 16 attending, there will be two tours, one at 5.30pm and one at 6.00pm. Tours last about 1 hour. There is a requirement to be off the site by sunset, which on that date is after 8.00pm
Final numbers and payment required by 6th February. Cost- rounded up to $18 a head. This will be attended to late January.
If the group wish we can then go to Waverley RSL for dinner.
The Australian Synchrotron is a light source, which uses particle accelerators to produce a beam of high energy electrons that are boosted to nearly the speed of light and directed into a storage ring where they circulate for many hours. As the path of these electrons are deflected in the storage ring by either bending magnets or insertion devices, they emit synchrotron light. The light is channelled to experimental end stations containing specialised equipment, enabling a range of research applications including high resolution imagery that is not possible under normal laboratory conditions.The Australian Synchrotron supports the research needs of Australia’s major universities and research centres, and businesses ranging from small-to-medium enterprises to multinational companies. During 2014-15 the Australian Synchrotron supported more than 4,300 researcher visits and close to 1,000 experiments in areas such as medicine, agriculture, environment, defence, transport, advanced manufacturing and mining.