Canadian Light Source

Canadian Light Source
Established1999
Research typeSynchrotron light source
DirectorBill Matiko (CEO), Ingrid Pickering (Chief Science Officer), Mark Boland (machine director)
Staff250 (approx.)
LocationSaskatoon, Saskatchewan
Operating agency
Canadian Light Source Inc.
Websitewww.lightsource.ca
The Canadian Light Source building from the air

The Canadian Light Source (CLS) (French: Centre canadien de rayonnement synchrotron – CCRS) is Canada's national synchrotron light source facility, located on the grounds of the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.[1] The CLS has a third-generation 2.9 GeV storage ring, and the building occupies a footprint the size of a Canadian football field.[2] It opened in 2004 after a 30-year campaign by the Canadian scientific community to establish a synchrotron radiation facility in Canada.[3] It has expanded both its complement of beamlines and its building in two phases since opening. As a national synchrotron facility[4] with over 1000 individual users, it hosts scientists from all regions of Canada and around 20 other countries.[5] Research at the CLS has ranged from viruses[6] to superconductors[7] to dinosaurs,[8] and it has also been noted for its industrial science[9] and its high school education programs.[10]

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  2. ^ Bisby, Mark; Maitland, Peter (2005). "CIHR Research: Re-Inventing the Microscope: The Canadian Light Source (CLS)". Healthcare Quarterly. 8 (2): 22–23. doi:10.12927/hcq..17051. PMID 15828560.
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  5. ^ Ellis, Thomas (2012). "Canadian Light Source Hitting its Stride". Synchrotron Radiation News. 82 (3): 1028–1042. Bibcode:2012SRNew..25...35E. doi:10.1080/08940886.2012.683354. S2CID 122255942.
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  9. ^ Cutler, J.; Christensen, C.; Kotzer, T.G.; Ogunremi, T; Pushparajah, T.; Warner, J. (2007). "The Canadian Light Source – A new tool for industrial research". Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B. 261 (1–2): 859–862. Bibcode:2007NIMPB.261..859C. doi:10.1016/j.nimb.2007.04.051.
  10. ^ "Synchrotron recognized for educational excellence". 11 June 2012. Archived from the original on 6 August 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2012.