Insertion device

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An insertion device is a part of a synchrotron which produces highly-brilliant, forward-directed and quasi-monochromatic synchrotron radiation. These devices (so called wigglers or undulators) generate a spatially periodic field at the electron beam path in which a relativistic electron travels along a periodic orbit. The above features of the radiation are obtained as an interference effect of the radiation due to periodic motion of the electrons in the insertion devices.

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Lecture notes on Insertion Devices to open SESAMETemplate:Particle-stub