Hiroshima Synchrotron Radiation Center
Through a series of discussions by the university science council, the Hiroshima Synchrotron Radiation Center (HiSOR; The center is often referred as HiSOR (Hiroshima Synchrotron Orbital Radiation)) was founded in 1996 as an interdepartmental shared educational research facility to carry out synchrotron radiation research in the vacuum ultraviolet - soft x-ray range and foster human resource development. In 2002, the center was reopened as a national shared-use research facility, and since then, the center has been open to researchers from all over Japan, and collaborative studies involving Japanese and overseas researchers have been conducted.