What is the booster synchrotron?
The booster synchrotron is the second particle accelerator. Electrons enter the booster from the linac, where they follow an “athletics track” shaped trajectory with two straight sections joined together with semicircular curves. Thirty six dipole bending magnets are used to curve the electrons around the bends, and a radio-frequency (RF) voltage source is used to accelerate the electrons in the straight sections. Here they reach an energy of 3 GeV before they are transferred into the storage ring.
