Description
Synchrotrons and other
accelerators produce beams of bright X-ray light covering a broad range in energy, from infrared
to X-rays. These beams are guided in a beamline to interact with the sample of material to be
studied, allowing to investigate structural and dynamical properties of matter as well as analytical
techniques in many different fields of science like chemistry, physics, materials, biology, medicine,
environment, astrophysics, archeology... The lecture will describe the general functioning of
modern synchrotron light sources and will give an overview of the various techniques provided by
such facilities.
