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Physics World Focus on Instruments & Vacuum 2018

Physics World Focus on Instruments & Vacuum 2018

In this Physics World Focus you can learn how the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility is upgrading the 30-year-old lab’s instrument suite. You can read Ziad Melhem’s account of building the world’s most powerful all-superconducting user magnet. And you can find out why Lars Montelius, president of the International Union for Vacuum Science, Technique and Applications (IUVSTA), says “For me, the answer to why you do science is not just because it’s interesting and inspires curiosity.”

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A shower initiated by a high-energy electron feature

Where the energy goes

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Beefing up X-rays at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility

Lars Montelius interview

Vacuum, the enabling technology

The 32 T magnet lowered into its cryostat feature

How to build a super-magnet

using ToF-SIMS feature

Creating chemical images, solving industrial problems

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Talking tech transfer at TRIUMF

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A calculated risk

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