European X-Ray Free-Electron Laser
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| Headquarters | Hamburg |
| Website | www |
Coordinates: 53°35′20″N 9°49′44″E / 53.589°N 9.829°E
The European x-ray free electron laser (European XFEL) is an X-ray research laser facility currently under construction and as of 2015[update] is scheduled to start user operation in 2017. The international project with 11 participating countries (Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland) is located in the German federal states of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein. A free-electron laser generates high-intensity electromagnetic radiation by accelerating electrons to relativistic speeds and directing them through special magnetic structures. The European XFEL is constructed such that the electrons produce x-ray light in synchronisation, resulting in high-intensity x-ray pulses with the properties of laser light and at intensities much brighter than those produced by conventional synchrotron light sources.
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