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| shield wall | The synchrotron storage ring is located behind a shield wall, a large cement, steel and lead wall designed to protect all people from any radiation that could be generated by the accelerator. The beamlines come out through special ports in the shield wall. Access behind the shield wall is not permitted during normal operations, only on maintenance days. |
| storage ring | A storage ring is a primary component of a synchrotron used to store the high-energy electrons as they circulate emitting synchrotron radiation. |
| synchrotron | An electron accelerator used to produce light called synchrotron radiation. Most synchrotrons are designed to produce x-rays, but they also produce light with energies all the way down through the UV, visible and infrared. |
| synchrotron radiation | Synchrotron radiation is the light emitted by a relativistic charged particle when accelerated. The light from a synchrotron is called synchrotron radiation. |
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