Status of the Aladdin Project

The first description of an electron storage ring designed specifically to be a source of synchrotron radiation appeared in the proceedings of an earlier meeting in this series.1 We now report on the status of the 1 GeV electron storage ring Aladdin which is a development of the earlier work cited. This machine, now nearing completion, will be an intense source of synchrotron radiation over the wavelength range extending from the far infrared (100¿) to the Berylium window cut-off (~3Å). The machine incorporates a number of novel design features: a 100 MeV microtron injector, a simple but powerful computer based control system and an extremely flexible lattice.