ANL, Argonne, USA
Accelerator-based light sources are some of the largest and most successful scientific user facilities in existence, serving tens of thousands of users each year. These important facilities enable research in diverse fields, including biology, pharmaceuticals, energy conservation and production, data storage, and archaeology. In this tutorial, we briefly review the history of accelerator-based light sources. We present an overview of the different types of accelerator-based light sources, including a description of their various operating principles, as well as a discussion of measures of performance. Technical challenges of current and future light sources are also reviewed.
