News

Fabrication of the first two CHESS-U hutches has begun at the Lansing, NY facility of ADC Inc.

CHESS-U work on the CESR side is well into the pre-production phase. Most long lead items are on order and production work at Wilson lab is underway for several systems.

The beamline upgrade portion of the CHESS-U project is moving ahead at full steam. Scientific needs have been identified. A suitable layout for the experimental floor has been devised.

Our users may be aware that during the summer of 2016, CHESS hosted six workshops to help outline a science case for an upgraded single-beam, high-energy source that will result from the current CHESS-U upgrade project. 

Nine members of the CHESS technical staff recently visited NSLS-II at Brookhaven National Laboratory on Long Island for a day packed full of tours, presentations, and discussions about what it takes to design, build, commission, and maintain a synchrotron user facility.

There is an on-going major upgrade program for the Cornell High-Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS) to boost the photon beam brilliance by an order of magnitude.

Three months ago, without a whole lot of fanfare, an era in particle physics at Cornell came to an end.

CHESS Director Joel Brock recently announced the exciting news: “Over the next two years, the CHESS-U project will transform the laboratory. We will do this by optimizing the particle accelerator for x-ray production, and enhancing our x-ray capabilities through unique technology. This upgrade will introduce new scientific possibilities for our users and the synchrotron scientists of tomorrow.”