National Synchrotron Radiation Centre SOLARIS in Kraków
The National Synchrotron Radiation Centre SOLARIS is the first synchrotron in Poland and the only one in Central and Eastern Europe, that is, an accelerator producing synchrotron radiation used in research in physics, chemistry, biology, medicine, materials science, and other fields. The centre is a research unit of the Jagiellonian University, located on the university's Third Campus (Campus of the 600th Anniversary of the Jagiellonian University's Renewal) in Kraków at 98 Czerwone Maki Street. The project was carried out from 2010 to 2015 with European Union funds under the Operational Programme Innovative Economy (POIG). The cost of the five-year construction, covering the building, the synchrotron, and the first two beamlines, was approximately PLN 200 million. The official inauguration of the Centre's activity took place on 21 September 2015. The investment is listed as a notable project on the Polish Roadmap for Research Infrastructure.
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SOLARIS was the first synchrotron in Poland and the only one in this part of Europe, and, according to the centre's management, the largest research infrastructure built in Poland since 1974, when the Maria reactor in Świerk was commissioned. The Centre makes synchrotron radiation (from infrared to X-ray) available to researchers from Polish and foreign universities and institutes, enabling the study of the structure of matter at atomic resolution in physics, chemistry, biology, medicine, and materials science. The centre is a notable project on the Polish Roadmap for Research Infrastructure.
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- Nauka w Polsce (PAP)21 Sep 2015StatusCostInvestorDelivery
Status · DeliveryNarodowe Centrum Promieniowania Synchrotronowego Solaris w Krakowie zainaugurowało w poniedziałek działalność.
CostKoszt pięcioletniej budowy Solarisa (budynku, synchrotronu oraz dwóch linii badawczych) wyniósł ok. 200 mln zł, środki pochodziły z Unii Europejskiej.
InvestorJest to ośrodek badawczy Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego.
- Uniwersytet Jagielloński
- Express Przemysłowy25 Jan 2019StageConstruction start
Stageod października tego roku naukowcy z Polski oraz z zagranicy mogą wykonywać u nas badania
Construction startW latach 2010–2015 dzięki środkom unijnym (POIG) został zrealizowany projekt
- Nauka w Polsce (PAP)2012Original date
Original dateNarodowe Centrum Promieniowania Synchrotronowego Solaris zostanie uruchomione w 2014 r. na terenie III Kampusu Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego w Krakowie-Pychowicach.
- Funding
Fundingdofinansowanie z UE 169 213 215,82 zł
- Wikipedia (pl)Delivery
Delivery21 września 2015 w hali eksperymentalnej krakowskiego synchrotronu odbyło się uroczyste otwarcie Narodowego Centrum Promieniowania Synchrotronowego[24].