Public Engagement Team
Telephone:
+44 (0) 1235 778998
E-mail:
publicengagement@diamond.ac.uk
Stay in touch with educational events, schools open days, and news from Diamond. Sign up to our teachers newsletter today and keep up to date with all the latest from us.
0. Synchrotron > 1. Electron Gun > 2. The Linac > 3. Dipole Magnets > 4. Vacuum > 5. Undulator > 6. Beamlines
Think about:
The kinetic energy acquired by the electrons is equal to the electric work done by the field in ripping them away from near the surface of the filament.
So we can say:
Kinetic energy = electrical work done
Where m is the electron mass,
v is its velocity as it leaves the gun,
e is the charge of the electron, and
V is the Voltage on the anode.
Electrons are so light that very quickly they reach speeds close to the speed of light. Trying to accelerate electrons much further starts to bring in relativistic effects: the velocity doesn't increase much more but the electron mass starts to increase instead! Sounds quite complicated, but that's relativity for you!
Diamond Light Source is the UK's national synchrotron science facility, located at the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus in Oxfordshire.
Copyright © Diamond Light Source
Diamond Light Source Ltd
Diamond House
Harwell Science & Innovation Campus
Didcot
Oxfordshire
OX11 0DE
Diamond Light Source® and the Diamond logo are registered trademarks of Diamond Light Source Ltd
Registered in England and Wales at Diamond House, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0DE, United Kingdom. Company number: 4375679. VAT number: 287 461 957. Economic Operators Registration and Identification (EORI) number: GB287461957003.
For the Public