SYNCHROTRON LIGHT SCIENCE - FROM FLUX TO BRIGHTNESS TO COHERENCE

One century after their discovery and first application to radiology, X-rays are finally achieving coherence. The potential impact on radiol ogical imaging is extremely important, with significant social repercu ssions. These exciting developments are the final product of a revolut ion initiated in the late 1960's by Gianfranco Chiarotti and a few oth er pioneers, who first dreamed of using electron accelerators as super ior X-rays sources, and then transformed this dream into reality.