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{{Infobox particle accelerator
| name           = SOLEIL
| image          = VueAerienneSynchrotronSOLEIL.jpg
| caption        = SOLEIL on 10 June 2009
| type           = [[Synchrotron light source]]
| beam           = [[electron]]s
| target         = Light source
| energy         = 2.75 GeV
| current        = 
| brightness     =
| luminosity     =
| length         =
| radius         =
| circumference  = {{convert|354|m|ft}}
| location       = [[Saint-Aubin, Essonne|Saint-Aubin]], France
| coordinates    =  {{coord|48|42|36|N|2|08|42|E|type:landmark_source:frwiki|display=inline,title}}
| institution    =
| dates          = 2006 - present
| preceded       =
| succeeded      = 
}}

[[File:Schéma de principe du synchrotron.jpg|thumb|right|Diagram of machinery]]
[[File:SynchrotronSoleil-VueInterieur.jpg|thumb|right|View of the interior of facility]]
'''SOLEIL''' ("Sun" in [[French language|French]]) is a [[synchrotron]] facility near [[Paris]], [[France]]. It performed its first acceleration of [[electron]]s on May 14, 2006. The name ''SOLEIL'' is a [[backronym]] for ''Source Optimisée de Lumière d’Énergie Intermédiaire du LURE'' (LURE optimised intermediary energy light source), LURE meaning ''Laboratoire pour l'Utilisation du Rayonnement Électromagnétique''.

The facility is run by a civil corporation held by the [[French National Centre for Scientific Research]] (CNRS) and the [[French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission]] (CEA), two French national research agencies. It is located in [[Saint-Aubin, Essonne|Saint-Aubin]] in the [[Essonne]] [[departments of France|département]], a south-western suburb of Paris, near [[Gif-sur-Yvette]] and [[Saclay]], which host other facilities for [[nuclear physics|nuclear]] and [[particle physics]].{{Cn|date=January 2021}}

The facility is an associate member of the [[University of Paris-Saclay]].{{Cn|date=January 2021}}

SOLEIL also hosts [http://ipanema.cnrs.fr IPANEMA, the European research platform on ancient materials (archaeology, palaeontology, past environments and cultural heritage)], a joint CNRS / French Ministry of Culture and Communication research unit.{{Cn|date=January 2021}}

SOLEIL covers fundamental research needs in physics, chemistry, material sciences, life sciences (notably in the crystallography of biological macromolecules), earth sciences, and atmospheric sciences. It offers the use of a wide range of spectroscopic methods from infrared to X-rays, and structural methods such as X-ray diffraction and scattering.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.synchrotron-soleil.fr/en/soleil-3-questions|title = SOLEIL in 3 questions &#124; French national synchrotron facility}}</ref>

==Main parameters==
SOLEIL contains electrons travelling with an energy of 2.75&nbsp;[[Electron volt|GeV]] around a 354&nbsp;m circumference. It takes the electrons 1.2&nbsp;[[microsecond|μs]] to travel around this ring at almost the speed of light; 847,000 times per second.<ref>
{{cite web
 |author=
 |date=
 |title=Sources and Accelerators
 |url=http://www.synchrotron-soleil.fr/portal/page/portal/SourceAccelerateur
 |work=SOLEIL
 |accessdate=2009-11-26
}}</ref>

== Most Cited Scientists at Synchrotron SOLEIL ==

According to Google Scholar, in 2024 this is the top 10 of most cited scientists of Synchrotron Soleil:<ref> https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_org&hl=it&org=263278561682506461</ref>

* '''John Bozek'''  
   Citations: 23,755  
   Research Areas: X-ray physics, synchrotron radiation, XFEL, chemical physics, ultrafast X-ray
* '''Jose Avila'''  
   Citations: 15,273  
   Research Areas: Not specified
* '''Amina Taleb Ibrahimi'''  
   Citations: 12,628  
   Research Areas: Condensed matter physics, low-dimensional systems
* '''Timm Weitkamp'''  
   Citations: 11,773  
   Research Areas: X-ray imaging, microtomography, X-ray microscopy, X-ray phase contrast imaging
* '''Laurent Nahon'''  
   Citations: 10,754  
   Research Areas: Chirality, circular dichroism, molecular photoionization, VUV spectroscopy, polarimetry
* '''[[Andrea Zitolo]]'''  
   Citations: 8,535  
   Research Areas: Physical chemistry, Material sciences, materials for energy and hydrogen
* '''Patrick Le Fèvre'''  
   Citations: 8,187  
   Research Areas: Physics
* '''François Bertran'''  
   Citations: 7,977  
   Research Areas: Physics
* '''Pavel Dudin'''  
   Citations: 7,775  
   Research Areas: Band structure, materials science, topological insulators, graphene, superconductors
* '''Pierre Legrand'''  
   Citations: 7,706  
   Research Areas: Structural virology, nucleic acid-protein interaction, crystallography, tomography, synchrotron

==References==
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==External links==
* {{commonsinline|Synchrotron Soleil}}
* [https://www.synchrotron-soleil.fr/fr/ Official website] {{in lang|fr}}
* [https://www.synchrotron-soleil.fr/en/ Official website] {{in lang|en}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20081127055105/http://www.udil.u-psud.fr/ LURE website] {{in lang|fr}}
* [http://www.lightsources.org Lightsources.org]
* [http://ipanema.cnrs.fr/?lang=en Official website of IPANEMA] {{in lang|en}}
* [http://ipanema.cnrs.fr/?lang=fr Official website of IPANEMA]  {{in lang|fr}}

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