At ISA, we have several facilities for the production and storage of ions, electrons and positrons. 

ASTRID2 3rd generation synchrotron light source.

ELISA Electrostatic ion storage ring.

ASTRID Ion/electron storage ring.

Beam Extraction 580 MeV electron beam

• ASTRID2: In December 2008 ISA was awarded 37 MKr for the construction of a new synchrotron storage ring ASTRID2. The third generation light source operates in top-up mode and has been providing user beam since 2013, there are currently 6 operational beam lines.
  
  • ASTRID2 plan
  • Time line
  • ASTRID2 status
  • Documents relating to ASTRID2
  
   
• ELISA is an electrostatic storage ring with an ion injector. ELISA is capable of storing a wider range of ions than ASTRID.
   
• ASTRID was built in the late 1980's and consisted of a storage ring equipped with ion and electron injector systems. Ions of either polarity or electrons were stored and accelerated. For experiments with stored ions, imaging, neutral particle and/or photon detectors were used to study the effects of electron-cooling, laser-cooling or to measure ion lifetimes. Seven synchrotron radiation (SR) beamlines covered a wide photon energy range from the visible to the X-Ray region supporting a diverse SR research program.  ASTRID now serves as the booster ring for the third generation light source ASTRID2.
   
• Finally we offer a DC beam of 580 MeV electrons extracted from ASTRID.

Last Modified 30 October 2019