SESAME

The international light source SESAME - Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East provides an intense source of light from infrared to X-ray wavelengths, allowing researchers from the region to investigate the properties of advanced materials, biological processes and cultural artefacts.

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Last main ring components leave CERN for SESAME

Less than three years after the EC and CERN announced the start of the CESSAMag project, the final components left CERN bound for Jordan today

News
Engineering
01 February, 2016
Engineering
News
01 February, 2016

New CERN programme to develop network between SESAME schools

Students and teachers from the Middle East invited to CERN to explore opportunities that arise from international collaboration in science

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At CERN
22 October, 2015

SESAME: a bright hope for the Middle East

SESAME – Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East – will be the region’s first light source

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At CERN
30 July, 2015

Rolf Heuer to become President of SESAME

The Director-General will begin his mandate after the formal opening of SESAME in late 2016 or the first half of 2017

News
At CERN
10 June, 2015

CERN Director-General visits SESAME

Rolf Heuer visited the SESAME laboratory in Jordan on 13 April along with European Commissioner for research, Carlos Moedas

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At CERN
16 April, 2015
At CERN
News
16 April, 2015

SESAME passes an important milestone at CERN

The first of the 16 magnetic sectors in the main storage ring of the future light source in Jordan has successfully passed its tests at CERN

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Engineering
07 April, 2015
Engineering
News
07 April, 2015

2015: the International Year of Light

During 2015, the International Year of Light, CERN is highlighting the High Luminosity LHC project and CERN’s involvement in the SESAME laboratory

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Accelerators
20 January, 2015
Accelerators
News
20 January, 2015

The SESAME laboratory: celebrating the power of light 

Rolf Heuer on the project to build a synchrotron light source in the Middle East

Opinion
Engineering
16 January, 2015
Engineering
Opinion
16 January, 2015

SESAME boosts electrons to 800 MeV

The Booster Synchrotron – a key machine at the SESAME facility in Jordan – is now operating at full design energy

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At CERN
05 September, 2014
At CERN
News
05 September, 2014

A shining light in the Middle East

SESAME needs external top-down help and encouragement to ensure timely completion, says Chris Llewellyn Smith

Opinion
At CERN
01 September, 2014
At CERN
Opinion
01 September, 2014

Taking SESAME to the classroom

The 2014 High School Teacher Programme (HST) is well under way, and this year it has a distinct Middle Eastern flavour, says Rolf Heuer

Opinion
At CERN
30 July, 2014
At CERN
Opinion
30 July, 2014

Accelerating progress on SESAME

The Italian Institute for Nuclear Physics and the Elettra light source have signed to supply accelerator components worth €1 million to SESAME

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At CERN
02 June, 2014
At CERN
News
02 June, 2014