The Center for the Advancement of Natural Discoveries using Light Emission, more commonly called the CANDLE Synchrotron Research Institute, is a research institute in Yerevan, Armenia. CANDLE is a project of 3 gigaelectronvolts of energy, a third generation synchrotron light source for fundamental, industrial and applied research in biology, physics, chemistry, medicine, material and environmental sciences.
 CANDLE Synchrotron Research Institute | |
| Type | Public |
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| Established | 2010 |
| Affiliations | Ministry of Education and Science of Armenia |
| Director | Prof. Vasili Tsakanov |
| Location | , 40°13′21″N 44°33′10″E / 40.22250°N 44.55278°E |
| Website | candle |
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The government of Armenia allocated an area of 20 hectares near the town of Abovyan for the center's projects.[1]
References
editExternal links
edit- Official website
- CANDLE Project Overview Archived 2011-03-23 at the Wayback Machine, V.Tsakanov, Proc. PAC'2005, Knoxville, Tennessee.
- "Armenian Government discusses Candle project". News.am. 2010-12-10. Retrieved 2011-01-05.
- "RA Government to participate in establishment of CANDLE international center". PanARMENIAN.Net. 2010-05-06. Retrieved 2011-02-04.