ELETTRA

Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste is an international research center located in Basovizza on the outskirts of Trieste, Italy. thumb|Elettra synchrotron under construction Elettra – Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A. is a multidisciplinary international research center, specialized in generating high quality synchrotron and free-electron laser light and applying it in materials science. Its mission is to promote cultural, social and economic growth through: Basic and applied research Technical and scientific training Transfer of technology and know-how

The main assets of the research centre are two advanced light sources: the Elettra synchrotron (third generation electron storage ring, working at 2 and 2.4 GeV, in operation since October 1993) and the free-electron laser (FEL) FERMI, continuously (H24) operated supplying light of the selected energy and quality to more than 30 experimental stations on 28 beamlines. Since 1993, Elettra has been subjected to several updates that have allowed a top up operating mode from 2010 for both 2 and 2.4 GeV operational energy. The accumulation ring is formed by twelve groups of magnets forming a ring of 260 m in circumference. The ring beam current at 2 GeV is normally set to 310 mA and the top-up operational mode foresees a new ring injection every 6 min: 1 mA electron in 4 seconds is injected, keeping the ring current constant in the range of 3‰. At 2.4 GeV the beam current is set to 140 mA, and the top-up injections occurs every 20 minutes: in this case, 1 mA electron in 4 s is injected keeping the current level constant to 7‰. At the actual condition, the spectral brightness available on most beamlines is up to 1019 photons/s/mm2/mrad2/0.1%bw.