Overview of the SPring-8 Diagnostics Beamlines.

We present an overview of the two SPring-8 diagnostics beamlines, the beamline I (dipole magnet source) and II (insertion device source). At the beamline I, synchrotron radiation (SR) in both the X-ray and the visible bands is exploited for characterizations of the electron beam. At the beamline II, by observing the spectral, spatial, and temporal characteristics of X-ray SR of the insertion device (ID), new techniques for accelerator diagnostics are investigated. Irradiation experiments with the ID to develop accelerator components such as photon absorbers, and production of intensive 10 MeV γ-rays by backward Compton scattering of external far infrared (FIR) laser photons are being prepared at the beamline II. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]