The Advanced Photon Source, at Argonne National Laboratory, is a storage ring based high energy X-ray light source facility and one of five X-ray light sources owned and funded by the United States Department of Energy Office of Science. It began operation on March 26, 1995, and operates as a user facility open to the world scientific community, drawing more than 5,500 researchers each year.
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SignificanceThe Advanced Photon Source operates as an open user facility, drawing more than 5,500 researchers from the world’s scientific community each year. 1 FAQs
Can researchers from outside Argonne National Laboratory use the Advanced Photon Source?
Yes. It is a user facility open to the world's scientific community.
Yes. The Advanced Photon Source is operated as a user facility, meaning it is open to the world's scientific community, and more than 5,500 researchers make use of its resources each year.
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1. Advanced Photon Source (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationLead section, facility description
is a storage-ring-based high-energy X-ray light source facility.
Lead section, operation start date
The APS began operation on March 26, 1995.
Lead section, user facility statistics
It is operated as a user facility, meaning that it is open to the world’s scientific community, and more than 5,500 researchers make use of its resources each year.
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It began operation on March 26, 1995, and operates as a user facility open to the world scientific community, drawing more than 5,500 researchers each year.
In Group: Synchrotron Light Sources, Introduction
The Advanced Photon Source (APS) at Argonne National Laboratory (in Lemont, Illinois) is a storage-ring-based high-energy X-ray light source facility.
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