The Alba synchrotron

Abstract

ALBA is a giant microscope, that will

be formally open in 2010, Cerdanyola

del Vallés, Barcelona. It has a cost of

201 millions of Euros and it belongs to

the third generation of synchrotrons.

Thermal stability is guarantied by not

going beyond 0.5ºC. The light is

produced by intensive electrons up to

ultra relative speeds. ALBA will be able

to get more than 30 independent light

lines for experimentation. Each line

characteristic is defined by different

variables; font’s nature (a bending

magnet) and the optic (focus,

chromatist, energetic level). ALBA´s

light is polarized by different states:

lineal polarization horizontal or

vertical type, circular and intermediate

geometric. The generated light will

allow precise observations upon

atomic and molecular structures. It will

also improve pure and applied science

in the molecular biology branch

(protein and virus structure).