This is how ASTRID2 works
New instructive animation showing the synchrotron radiation facility of the Department has now been published.
![Illustration in 3D of ASTRID2. Source: ISA. Illustration in 3D of ASTRID2. Source: ISA.](/fileadmin/site_files/nyheder/ASTRID2_3D_illustration_202101.png)
ISA and Coldvision Studio have prepared an animation of our synchrotron radiation facility, ASTRID2. The animation shows electrons at 100 MeV from the microtron pre-accelerator being sent into the ASTRID booster ring. Here the electrons are bunched and accelerated to 580 MeV before injection into ASTRID2 via a transfer beamline. The bunches of electrons are injected into ASTRID2 on top of the already circulating bunches. Towards the end of the animation a, somewhat schematic, beamline selects photons at a given energy (colour). When this electromagnetic radiation hits the sample, photoelectrons are emitted, and the energy of these electrons are used to characterize the surface.