Advanced Photon Source
External view of the APS | |
| General properties | |
|---|---|
| Accelerator type | Storage ring |
| Beam type | Electron |
| Target type | Light source |
| Beam properties | |
| Maximum energy | 7 GeV |
| Maximum current | 100 mA |
| Maximum brightness | 6×1019 ph./s/0.1%/mm2/mrad2 |
| Physical properties | |
| Circumference | 1,100 metres (3,600 ft) |
| Location | Lemont, Illinois |
| Institution | US-DoE |
| Dates of operation | 1995 – present |
The Advanced Photon Source (APS) at Argonne National Laboratory (in Lemont, Illinois) is a storage-ring-based high-energy X-ray light source facility. It is one of five X-ray light sources owned and funded by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science. The APS began operation on March 26, 1995. It is operated as a user facility, meaning that it is open to the world’s scientific community, and more than 5,500 researchers make use of its resources each year.