Chapter 11
Application of Accelerators and Storage
Rings
M. Dohlus, J. Rossbach, K. H. W. Bethge, J. Meijer, U. Amaldi, G. Magrin,
M. Lindroos, S. Molloy, G. Rees, M. Seidel, N. Angert,
and O. Boine-Frankenheim
11.1 Synchrotron Radiation and Free-Electron Lasers
M. Dohlus · J. Rossbach
11.1.1 Synchrotron Radiation
11.1.1.1 Basic Properties of Synchrotron Radiation
It is well known from Maxwell theory that electromagnetic radiation is emitted
whenever electric charges are accelerated in free space. This radiation assumes quite
extraordinary properties whenever the charged particles move at ultrarelativistic
M. Dohlus () · J. Rossbach (
DESY, Hamburg, Germany
e-mail: martin.dohlus@desy.de; joerg.rossbach@desy.de
K. H. W. Bethge · J. Meijer
University Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
e-mail: jan.meijer@uni-leipzig.de
U. Amaldi · M. Lindroos
CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research)Meyrin, Genève, Switzerland
e-mail: Ugo.Amaldi@cern.ch; Mats.Lindroos@cern.ch
G. Magrin
EBG MedAustron, Wiener Neustadt, Austria
e-mail: giulio.magrin@medaustron.at
S. Molloy
Accelerator Operations, MAX IV Laboratory, Lund, Sweden
e-mail: stephen.molloy@esss.se
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