MAX-lab, Lund University

National Electron Accelerator Laboratory for
Synchrotron Radiation Research, Nuclear Physics and Accelerator Physics

MAX-lab is a national laboratory operated jointly by the Swedish Research Council, and Lund University.

The laboratory is a highly international forum. Nearly half of the scientists working at the laboratory are from foreign countries. The common language at the laboratory is English.

MAX-lab supports three distinct research areas: Accelerator Physics, research based on the use of Synchrotron Radiation and Nuclear Physics using energetic electrons. Time at the facility is shared between groups working within these three fields.

MAX-lab Accelerators

The accelerators at MAX-lab consist of three electron storage rings (MAX I, MAX II and MAX III) and one electron pre-accelerator (MAX injector). All three storage rings produce synchrotron light used for experiments and measurements in a wide range of disciplines and technologies. The MAX I ring is also used as an electrons source for experiments in nuclear physics.

MAX Injector

This accelerator delivers electrons to all three storage rings as well as to the Free Electron Laser (FEL) experiment. The electrons from an RF gun are accelerated in two linear accelerator structures (linacs) and are then recirculated through these linacs by a compact magnet structures of novel type.
Free Electron Laser (FEL) experiment
MAX Incector

MAX I Storage ring

The first storage ring/pulse stretcher at MAX-lab, commissioned 1986. It is used for synchrotron light production (UV and IR) and also as a pulse-stretcher for experiments in nuclear physics.
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MAX II Storage ring

This 3rd generation storage ring was commissioned 1996 and delivers synchrotron light, primarily from insertion devices, in the soft X-ray to hard X-ray spectral region. This ring is equipped with superconducting magnet structures to cover the hard X-ray spectral region.
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MAX III Storage ring

3rd generation light source operated for production of UV light. A test-bench for novel magnet technology. MAX III was commissioned 2007.
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The MAX IV project

MAX IV is planned to be the next generation Swedish synchrotron radiation facility.
It will replace the existing laboratory.
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