SLS 2.0
L’upgrade de la Source de Lumière Suisse SLS
La Source de Lumière Suisse SLS est en service depuis 2001. Cette grande installation de recherche unique en Suisse fait à présent l’objet d’une mise à niveau. La science, la technologie, l’ingénierie et le traitement des données ont en effet beaucoup progressé depuis. Une fois terminé le projet de modernisation SLS 2.0 (tel est le nom de cette mise à niveau), il sera possible de faire de la recherche innovante et de mener des analyses plus précises à la SLS. Grâce à ce rééquipement, la SLS restera, en comparaison internationale, dans le peloton de tête avec les autres sources de lumière synchrotron. Le financement du projet se fait dans le cadre du message FRI 2021-2024.
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Excited About SLS 2.0!
Researchers tell us why they are excited about SLS 2.0 and more brilliant light for science
Aluminium et panneaux solaires
Le bâtiment de la SLS est en train de se doter d’une nouvelle toiture.
What will the SLS 2.0 upgrade mean for experiments?
Tighter beams, brighter light and extended photon energies open new experimental possibilities.
SLS 2.0: la lumière fait une pause pour les travaux
La SLS sera temporairement arrêtée dans le cadre d’un grand projet de mise à niveau.
SLS auf Insta
After 22 years of brilliant science, at 8am on the 30th of September 2023, the SLS went into temporary 🛑 shutdown. As the SLS 2.0 upgrade progresses, PSI scientist Marianne Liebi looks forward to…
As the 𝐒𝐋𝐒 𝟐.𝟎 𝐮𝐩𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞 progresses, PSI scientist Maarten Nachtegaal shares his excitement about what this means for 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐨 𝐗-𝐫𝐚𝐲 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐲.
Operando X-ray spectroscopy allows complex chemical…
#ThrowbackThursday - The SLS 2.0 upgrade project progresses steadily towards completion in 2025.
Let's take a look back at the development of the Swiss Light Source SLS since its shutdown and how…
After 22 years of brilliant science, at 8am on the 30th of September 2023, the SLS went into temporary shutdown. 🌟 As the SLS 2.0 upgrade progresses, PSI beamline scientist Vincent Olieric tells us…
After 22 years of brilliant science, at 8 am on the 30th of September 2023, the SLS went into temporary shutdown as the SLS 2.0 upgrade began. In the video series #ThankYouSLS, seven beamline…
Heading towards the finish line: we're bringing the concrete blocks 🧱 back into the #SwissLightSource #SLS!
For the upgrade of the electron storage ring of the #SLS, the blocks covering its roof…
📽 The installation of the new arcs in the #SwissLightSource #SLS is progressing rapidly. By the end of July, 7 of the 12 new arcs had been installed, and work had begun on the new insertion devices,…
#PeopleAtPSI 👋Meet Markus Jörg, head of Infrastructure and Electrical Installations for SLS 2.0. As part of the upgrade project SLS 2.0, the striking round building housing the Swiss Light Source SLS…
The SLS is getting a new roof!
As part of the SLS 2.0 upgrade, the old tar paper of the #SwissLightSource #SLS is currently being replaced by aluminium profiles with photovoltaics.
When SLS goes…
🔮 Kicking into the future: The SLS 2.0 fast kicker
Meet the prototype of the new fast kicker for the SLS 2.0 upgrade project.
❓ But... what is a fast kicker ❓
💫 The X-ray light of the …
📽 Our latest video update on SLS 2.0 showcases the reassembly of the first arc of the 12 that will make the 288-meter-long storage ring of the #SwissLightSource #SLS.
💢 Step 1: The arc, constructed…
💫The once bustling hall of the #SwissLightSource #SLS is now a clean slate, ready to house a new electron storage ring, equipped with new magnets and control instruments for temperature, vacuum…
💥💫The SLS may now be in dark time, but the breakthroughs keep on coming! #ThankyouSLS, with your light a new fundamental type of #magnetism has been discovered.
Proof of the existence of…
🏗️👷🏽Out with the old, in with the new!
In autumn 2023, the SLS 2.0 team said goodbye to some of the old equipment, such as the two undulators shown in the video. Why are we making room for new…
🚀✨ Take a look inside the SLS ring like you've never seen before!!
🧲 After removing the concrete blocks, join us for a thrilling crane ride inside SLS and experience the progress of the SLS 2.0…
🧲 You think you know what a magnet looks like? Think again! At PSI, magnets come in many extraordinary shapes and sizes – and they have different functions accordingly.
Right now, as part of the…
Curious about what happens inside the #SwissLightSource #SLS after it has shut down?
⏰At 8am on 30 September 2023, after shutting down the accelerator, we began removing 400 concrete blocks from…
Where’s our Beamline? #ThankYouSLS @paul.scherrer.institut #SLSupgrade #brighter #readyfortheupgrade #photons @lightsources_org #VUV #pepico
🛑💥 Saturday 30 September at 8 am: the Swiss Light Source SLS will be shut down. 💥🛑
For more than a year, it will be out of operation for research purposes while the facility undergoes a…
As we approach the temporary shutdown for the SLS 2.0 upgrade, PSI scientist Nicola Casati looks back on 22 years of scientific excellence in materials science using synchrotron radiation at the…
As we approach the temporary shutdown for the SLS 2.0 upgrade, PSI beamline scientist Grigory Smolentsev looks back on 22 years of scientific excellence at SLS using time-resolved measurements to…
As we approach the temporary shutdown for the SLS 2.0 upgrade, PSI beamline scientist Federica Marone looks back on 22 years of scientific excellence in tomographic microscopy using X-rays at the…