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Synchrotron Radiation

A threadlike beam of electrons wiggling through a gauntlet of magnets in a storage ring produces the world's brightest ultraviolet light and X rays. Such radiation opens the way to new science and technology

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 257 Issue 5This article was originally published with the title “Synchrotron Radiation” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 257 No. 5 (), p. 88
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1187-88