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Inside Diamond - Public Open Days (UK)- Synchrotron
« on: March 09, 2017, 03:07:39 pm »
For those in the UK and interested in such things

http://www.diamond.ac.uk/Public/VisitUs.html

Inside Diamond - Public Open Days
Our Inside Diamond open day events offer the chance for members of the public to visit the facility and see inside our particle accelerator and experimental laboratories. You will also meet some of the scientists that use Diamond and can ask them about the work they do - everything from viral proteins to engine parts and ancient texts.

A visit will take approximately 2/2.5 hours and will consist of:

An introductory talk giving a general overview of Diamond and what it is used for.
A guided tour - including a trip to see inside the synchrotron and our laboratories - please note that extensive walking will be involved
An opportunity to talk to Diamond employees and ask them about their work and the facility
There are several starting times for the visits which you can select during the booking process
 
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Re: Inside Diamond - Public Open Days (UK)- Synchrotron
« Reply #1 on: March 18, 2017, 03:54:06 pm »
I went on this the first time they did it, and it was really good. That time there were reasonably few people and we got to walk on the synchrotron floor, peeking into the experiment places and stuff. They didn't really know what they were doing in the way of visitors, or what to expect, so it was quite personal and almost ad hoc. Very interesting, a great day out. I think it was a kind of beta test, because...

We went to the next one as well, but by then it had turned much more commercial, there were massively more people and queues for everything. Access to the synchrotron was essentially just the upper walkway. It seemed much more targeted at a day out for kids and parents rather than as showing geeks what they do.

Despite that, if you haven't been to something like this before it is great to see the engineering close up. I don' t mean the synchroton per se, but the way cables are routed, the labeling, fittings, etc. It is grown-up infrastructure you don't often get a chance to examine and see how it should be done.
 


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