International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Research Applications and Utilization of Accelerators
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Scientific Program of SESAME Project H. Hoorani SESAME, Amman, Jordan Corresponding Author: hafeez.hoorani@cern.ch The synchrotron radiations emitted by a charged particle in motion while accelerated or decelerated is a very useful tool in field of research related to various important areas of physical and biological sciences. The board energy spectrum and flux provided by a synchrotron source can be used for various applications. Some of the applications include lithography, food preservation, study of environment, archaeology, and mineral mining using XRF. Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in Middle East SESAME is a project, which is established under auspices of UNESCO as intergovernmental organization with following members: Bahrain, Cyprus, Egypt, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Pakistan, Palestine Authority, and Turkey. SESAME is a third generation light source with beam energy of 2.5 GeV, beam current of 400 mA, emittance 26nm.rad and circumference of 133.2 m. It is under construction close to Amman – Jordan and will become operational end of 2012 or beginning of 2013. SESAME contains 16 straight sections out of which 13 straight sections are available for placing insertion devices such as undulator and wigglers. An extensive scientific programme has been established with the help of Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) and the Beamline Advisory Committee (BAC). From the beginning 7 beamlines are planned for Phase — I covering diverse areas of scientific interest such as: SAXS/WAXS, PX, IR, Soft X-ray, Powder Diffraction, XRF/XAFS and Atomic, Molecular spectroscopy (AMO) beamline. SESAME once operational will be a very competitive machine in the category of third generation light sources.
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