RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Sirius Project – the world’s largest electron accelerator – is expected to inaugurate tests of the first three research facilities later this semester.
Agência Brasil visited the facilities of this massive laboratory to understand the activities developed with the use of synchrotron light – a special spectrum of light that can only be obtained through the acceleration of electrons at a speed that borders the speed of light.
Engineers, physicists, mathematicians, biologists and a large team of science enthusiasts are involved in commissioning the Sirius Project. Located in Campinas, in the interior of the state of São Paulo, the project represents an investment of R$1.8 billion, and may change the way the scientific community views Brazil. The research is conducted in the fields of health, fuels, materials, energy, chemistry, physics and in countless experiments by highly specialized teams that develop study proposals with cutting-edge technology used in the laboratory.
“Brazil has all the potential to hold a highly respected position in science. The country needs scientific activity, this should be a priority. At Sirius, researchers, theoretical physicists, engineers and technicians design and project knowledge that reaches all areas of science. We are mastering a set of highly advanced techniques and solutions,” said Antônio José Roque da Silva, Sirius project director.
Source: Agência Brasil