Summary of Activities of the Photon Factory
for the Period 2000-2005



1. INTRODUCTION


2. PRESENT STATUS OF THE PHOTON FACTORY
2.1. Organization
2.2. Users Experimental Program
2.3. In-House Staff Member's Research Activity
2.4. International Collaboration
2.5. Commitment to the Education of Graduate Students


3. LIGHT SOURCE

3.1. Introduction
3.2. Operation Status of the 2.5 GeV PF Ring
3.3. Straight-Section Upgrade Project of the PF Ring
3.4. Plan for the Top-up Operation of the PF Ring: Injector Upgrade Project
3.5. Operation Status of the PF-AR
3.6. Development of Insertion Devices


4. BEAMLINES & EXPERIMENTAL APPARATUSES
4.1. Overview
4.2. Newly Constructed Beamlines
4.3. Beamlines Improvement


5. SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES

5.1. Atomic and Molecular Science
5.2. Chemistry
5.3. Surfaces and Interfaces
5.4. Electronic Structure of Condensed Matter
5.5. Materials Science
5.6. Crystallography/High Pressure Science
5.7. Biological Science I
5.8. Biological Science II
5.9. Medical Application/Imaging
5.10. Theory


6. FUTURE PROSPECT