Accelerator Project

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Accelerator Project

Particle accelerators are instruments to study the microstructure of the atomic nuclei and the elementary particles as well as to create new isotopes. They accelerate charged paticles such as electrons protons or ions near the speed of light via electromagnetic fields making them collide to reveal their inner structure or oscillate to emit syncrotron radiation.
Mobiis Co., Ltd. designs and builds most of the equipment and systems required to monitor and control the particle accelerator beams and associated equipment.

Status of Accelerator Construction Projects in Korea

Synchrotron radiation Accelerator Heavy Ion Accelerator Baryon Accelerator

Synchrotron radiation Accelerator

PAL-XFEL

A synchrotron radiation accelerator is fundamentally a device for analyzing the structure of matter using synchrotron radiation that occurs when an accelerated electron changes direction.

It uses the principle where electrons emitted from an electron gun release synchrotron radiation when they vibrate inside a permanent magnet after being accelerated to the speed of light through a linear accelerator, emitting a strong light as this synchrotron radiation is amassed.

In comparison to the previously operating Pohang Light Source, the PAL-XFEL, completed on September 29, 2016, is 10 billion times brighter (high resolution) and has a pulse width 1,000 times shorter, enabling a real-time observation of dynamic phenomena of living cells.
The synchrotron radiation accelerator is being used in the sciences for various applications, such as the development of new drugs through a study of protein structure, development of a cancer treatment through a high-resolution photographing of tumors, and development of Relenza, the first inhaled flu medication in the world. It can also be used in scientific investigation, as exemplified in the 1999 analysis of Beethoven’s hair using a synchrotron radiation accelerator, which detected 60 ppm of lead, 100 times that of a normal person.

포항 방사광 가속기

1988년부터 건설을 추진한 포항 3세대 방사광가속기는 1994년 12월에 세계에서 5번째(국내에서는 유일)로 완공하여 운영하였습니다. 전체 건설비 1,500억원의 60%를 POSCO에서 부담하고 나머지를 정부가 지출하여 완성한 축구장 20개 넓이의 건물로 이루어진 시설이었습니다.

포항 3세대방사광가속기는 전자를 25억 전자볼트(2.5GeV)로 가속시키는 직선길이 160m의 선형가속기와 가속된 전자를 원형궤도 속에서 10시간 이상 회전토록하여 방사광을 발생시키는 저장링, 그리고 원하는 빛(방사광)을 실험장치가 있는 곳까지 이끌어내는 빔라인 및 실험장치 등으로 구성되었습니다.

본 가속기의 건설에 따라 15,000여명의 과학자와 기술자가 4,396건의 연구과제에 활용하였으며, 가속기를 활용한 우수한 연구 성과들이 네이처(Nature) 커버스토리로 게재되는 등 국내•외 학술지에 2,200여편 이상의 논문이 발표되었고, 산업적으로도 광통신 소자의 비파괴분석, 전자제품소자•철강제품 등의 생산공정에서 불량률을 낮추는 기법 개발 등 다양하게 활용되었습니다.

Synchrotron radiation Accelerator Heavy Ion Accelerator Baryon Accelerator

Heavy Ion Accelerator

Korean Heavy Ion Accelerator of the Institute of Basic Science

As the only accelerator in the world to simultaneously use ‘Isotope Separation On Line’ (ISOL) and ‘In-flight Fragment’ (IF) planned to be built on the 952,000 ㎡ site at Daejeon Shindong district with a size of 130,000 ㎡, it can be used not only for basic research but also throughout all industries, such as medicine, nuclear energy, and new materials.
The ISOL method finds isotopes by accelerating a proton beam on a thick target, and the IF method creates rare isotopes by accelerating and colliding a heavy ion (uranium, etc.) beam on a thin target. RAON, the Korean heavy ion accelerator, is a research facility creating rare isotopes by accelerating and colliding various heavy ions, from protons to uranium, and changing their material structure, using them for cutting-edge basic science research

Korean Heavy Ion Accelerator of the Institute of Basic Science

Synchrotron radiation Accelerator Heavy Ion Accelerator Baryon Accelerator

Baryon Accelerator

Gijang Baryon Accelerator

The Ministry of Science, ICT, and Future Planning is carrying out the “Baryon Accelerator Technical Development Project” in order to develop and operate a medical baryon accelerator, used to treat intractable cancer patients, with the independent technology of Korea.

A device for cancer treatment rather than research, it is a cutting-edge medical equipment that destroys cancer cells by accelerating carbon ions to near the speed of light and sending them to the body of the patient. It is the ideal cancer treatment equipment of people’s dreams, which minimizes damage to surrounding cells or tissue and selectively destroys specific cells like cancer cells.