The Hefei Advanced Light Facility (HALF) is a fourth-generation synchrotron light source for soft X-ray and VUV, currently under construction in Hefei, China. Its accelerator complex comprises a full-energy linac and a diffraction-limited storage ring. Each lattice cell of the storage ring features one long and one short straight section to accommodate more insertion devices. Construction of the HALF project commenced in 2023. Accelerator installation is scheduled to begin in March 2026, with overall project completion in October 2028. This talk will present the progress on the HALF project.
Biography:
Dr. Zhenghe Bai specializes in accelerator beam dynamics and synchrotron radiation facilities. He serves as the beam physics group leader at the Accelerator Division of National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China. Since 2015, he has been working on the physics design of the HALF storage ring and on research in diffraction-limited storage ring physics.
