Front End

Front Ends

A front end is fitted to the storage ring where synchrotron light is chanelled into a beamline. The front end connects to the storage ring at a tangent and passes through the shield wall into the optics hutch.

The main functions of a front end are:

1. To allow synchrotron light generated in the storage ring to pass through to a beamline;
2. To monitor the position of the synchrotron light;
3. To protect the storage ring if there is a leak in the beamline;
4. To remove as much of the heat as possible from the synchrotron light;
5. To allow safe access into the optics hutch when required.