Synchroton Radiation Sources and Their Applications

Synchrotron radiation facilities embrace an unusually wide range of scientific and technical skills which include high brilliance electron accelerator technology, ultra high vacuum precision engineering and beamline optical engineering. Based on the proceedings of a summer school organised jointly by the University of Aberdeen and the Daresbury Laboratory for postgraduate students and researchers, this book comprehensively covers a wide range of topics, with individual contributions from specialists in each area, from the basic theory of synchrotron radiation to its uses as an experimental tool in atomic, molecular and solid state physics.