Students and teachers

This page contains information for students and teachers who want to know more about synchrotron science and the research done at the MCSS.

About synchrotrons

• What is a synchrotron?
• What is synchrotron light?
• How is synchrotron light created?
• Synchrotrons around the world
• History of synchrotrons
• How are synchrotrons used?

Synchrotron science at MCSS

• X-ray imaging
• Radiotherapy
• Disease diagnosis
• Detectors

Education resources

• Australian Synchrotron: Resources for teachers
• Australian Synchrotron: PowerPoint slides for speakers
• Australian Synchrotron: Image and multimedia library
• lightsources.org: Education resources
• lightsources.org: Image bank

Other synchrotron links

• lightsources.org
• SPring-8 Synchrotron (Japan)
• Advanced Photon Source (USA)
• ESRF Synchrotron (France)

If you would like more information email enquiries@sync.monash.edu.au.