About the SRC
Synchrotron technology allows researchers to utilize light as a tool. At SRC light is produced by hurtling electrons at near the speed of light around a circular track--which, at SRC, is appropriately called Aladdin. Those electrons are manipulated in such a way that light--ranging 
from infrared to x-ray--is produced. Every three weeks, called a quantum at SRC, different researchers take their turn on one of the 28 research stations. Called a beamline, each research station is simply an offshoot of Aladdin's track, like an off-ramp on an expressway. Light produced by electrons moving along Aladdin's main track is captured at the end of the beamlines and used for research purposes. Aladdin, which is 292 feet in circumference, is "lit" 24 hours a day, five days a week.
Introduction to Synchrotrons - An explanation of the use of Synchrotrons as light sources.
History - An account of the history of Tantalus and Aladdin.
Slide Show - See the SRC over the web.