The installation of Boomerang would supplement existing capabilities for the manufacture of microstructure products. Boomerang should assist the Australian mining and exploration industry by providing state of the art analytical X-ray capabilities. Australian science and industry have a tradition in the provision of high technology scientific instrumentation. The installation of Boomerang is expected to continue to foster this role. The electromagnetic radiation is emitted in a narrow cone in the forward direction, at a tangent to the orbit.
Synchrotron radiation has a number of unique properties.
Synchrotron radiation is highly polarised.