Fig. 1.5 Evolution of average X-ray spectral brightness over time. Symbol code: first generation
( ), second generation ( ), third generation ( ), and fourth generation ( ). Synchrotron source
generations are explained in Chap. 2. Dates and brightnesses are approximate
Fig. 1.4 Left: the GE synchrotron design team, left to right: Robert Langmuir, Frank Elder,
Anatole Gurewitsch, Ernest Charlton, and Herb Pollock. Right: Synchrotron light from the
70-MeV electron synchrotron at GE
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( ), second generation ( ), third generation ( ), and fourth generation ( ). Synchrotron source
generations are explained in Chap. 2. Dates and brightnesses are approximate
Fig. 1.4 Left: the GE synchrotron design team, left to right: Robert Langmuir, Frank Elder,
Anatole Gurewitsch, Ernest Charlton, and Herb Pollock. Right: Synchrotron light from the
70-MeV electron synchrotron at GE
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