Year# of visits Number of visits per year South African synchrotron useage:

Year# of visits Number of visits per year Soleil (France): 1200 visits in 2008 (77% users from France) Elettra (Italy): 600 visits in 2008 ESRF (European): 3000 visits in 2008 Soleil (France): 1200 visits in 2008 (77% users from France) Elettra (Italy): 600 visits in 2008 ESRF (European): 3000 visits in 2008 There are more than 50 synchrotrons serving the world’s scientific community 1 visit = 1 experiment (1 – 7 days) ≈ 1 accepted proposal

Year# of visits# of SA researchers Number of SA researchers per year

Year# of visits# of SA researchers # of SA students Number of SA students per year o Some complaints about lack of funding for student travel

Note: o some students are now classified as researchers o also includes a small number of other large scale facility visits o not all scientists have replied to questionnaire Total number of researchers over last 5 years = 32 Total number of students over last 5 years = South African scientists using synchrotron radiation

Synchrotron experiments from 2004 – 2008 have produced*: - 6 PhD degrees - 5 MSc degrees - 17 refereed publications - 9 conference proceedings * a portion of 2008 data still being processed

FacilityLocationNumber of visitsType of facility Status ESRFFrance17synchrotron ElettraItaly4synchrotron ILLFrance4neutron source SOLEILFrance3synchrotronopen in 2008 Hasylab (DESY)Germany3synchrotron APSUSA3synchrotron ALSUSA2synchrotron LNLSBrazil1synchrotron ISISUK1neutron source SLSSwitzerland1synchrotron Singapore Synchrotron Light Source Singapore1synchrotron NSLS (BNL)USA1synchrotron