The World’s Largest And Most Powerful X Ray Laser Just Went Online
The World’s Largest and Most Powerful X-Ray Laser Just Went Online
2017-09-11 18:08:09
The European XFEL is now online. Built to be the world's largest facility to house the most powerful x-ray lasers that can be produced, the XFEL would contribute to a better understanding of molecular and chemical process by imaging particles.
Faster Imaging
The latest combined project by European nations is now online. It s called the European X-Ray Free Electron Laser, or XFEL for short, and it s now the largest and most powerful x-ray laser imaging instrument in the world, stretching some 3.4 kilometers (2.11 miles) long and 40 meters (11.15 feet) underneath the German city of Hamburg and a nearby town called Schenefeld. The XFEL project began in 2007, with 11 nations partnering to make it a reality. After almost a decade of work and more than a billion euros spent, it s now ready to contribute to the world of scientific research. It s a fantastic and exciting day for us to open the European XFEL for operation after more than eight years of construction, Robert Feidenhans l, the facility s managing director, said at Friday s inauguration ceremony, the BBC reports. I now declare we are ready to take data; we are ready to meet the challenge of getting groundbreaking results. The superconducting linear accelerator housed in the underground tunnel is meant to run accelerated electrons to almost light-speed. These then pass through a slalom (or sloping) course of magnets called undulators where, as the electrons bend and turn, they emit flashes of X-rays. The XFEL generates these extremely bright and ultrashort pulses of light at a rate of up to 27,000 pulses per second, which is 200 times faster than other x-ray lasers " a billion times faster than light generated by synchrotrons.
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