The delivery of the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility's new EBS source and beamline, and first results

The European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) has been carrying out a major reconstruction programme, which started in 2009 and ended in 2023.  This programme, referred to as the ESRF Upgrade Programme, is grounded on ESRF role and mission of pioneering synchrotron science to the benefit of science and society at large.  To this purpose, new adapted concepts - enhancing X-ray source and instrument performance to explore with high spatial resolution condensed and living matter - have been developed.

The implementation of the ESRF Upgrade Programme, allowed an almost complete reconstruction of the ESRF facility, with 27 new beamlines, a new storage ring-based X-ray synchrotron source (the EBS, Extremely Brilliant Source), and new scientific and IT infrastructures and instruments.

I will present a summary of the ESRF programme with emphasis to the construction and commissioning of the EBS storage ring, and on its impact to new opportunities in X-ray science and applications.

Speaker: Dr. Francesco Sette, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility

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