The Canadian Light Source : : A Story of Scientific Collaboration / / G. Michael Bancroft, Dennis Johnson.

The creation of the Canadian Light Source (CLS) in Saskatoon, which began operation in 2004, was the largest science project in Canada in the last fifty years. The multi-beam facility operates more than five thousand hours per year and has more than one thousand Canadian and international users from...

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Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2020]
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Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Figures
  • Acknowledgments
  • Acronyms and Abbreviations
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 The University of Saskatchewan: The Electron Accelerator, Technical and Engineering Expertise, 1930s–1990
  • 3 The University of Western Ontario: The Beamline and Experimental Expertise, 1970s–1990
  • 4 Formation of the Canadian Institute for Synchrotron Radiation and competition between Western and USask, 1989–97
  • 5 The Creation of the Canada Foundation for Innovation
  • 6 My Role as Interim Director, 1999–2001
  • 7 The CFI: Goals, Impact, and Paul Martin
  • 8 The Positive Impact on USask and Canadian Science
  • Appendix 1. Synchrotron Facilities and Synchrotron Science: A Brief Overview It
  • Appendix 2 Canadian Institute for Synchrotron Radiation: Announcement of CFI Funding, 1999
  • References
  • Index
  • About the Authors
  • Jacket Illustrations