European XFEL: Enlightening Materials and Energy Researc h

Date

Dec 11, 2012

Time

4:40 PM - 6:10 PM

Speaker

Prof. Dr. Serguei L. Molodtsov

Affiliation

European XFEL GmbH, Hamburgund Technische Universität Dresden , Institut für Festkörperphysik

Series

TUD Physikalisches Kolloquium

Language

en

Main Topic

Physik

Other Topics

Physik

Description

The ultra - high brilliance femtosecond X - ray flashes of coherent radiation will be produced in a 3.4 - kilometre - long facility. Most of it will be housed in tunnels deep below ground. Three sites will provide access to the tunnels and the experiment stations. In its start - up configuration, the European XFEL will comprise 3 self - amplified spontaneous emission (SASE) light sources – undulators operating in energy range s 3 – 25 keV (SASE 1 and SASE 2) and 0.2 – 3 keV (SASE 3), respectively. Six experimental stations optimized for particular purposes will be installed. Each experiment requires light with special properties, such that the stations are permanently assigned to the different light sources (beamlines) of the European XFEL. The European XFEL is a new inte rnational research installation that is currently under construction in the Hamburg area in Germany. The facility will generate new knowledge in almost all the technical and scientific disciplines that are shaping our daily life – including nanotechnology, medicine, pharmaceutics, chemistry, materials science, power engineering and electronics. On 8 January 2009, civil engineering work (tunnels, shafts, halls) has been started at all three construction sites. In this presentation status and further parameters of the European XFEL facility as well as planned materials and energy research applications are reviewed.

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