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The European X-Ray Free-Electron Laser: the first high repetition-rate XFEL

Name: The European X-Ray Free-Electron Laser: the first high repetition-rate XFEL
Start: 2017-04-25T12:00:00+00:00
End: 2017-04-25T13:00:00+00:00
Location: ALBA Synchrotron

by Prof. Massimo Altarelli (Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter)

Tuesday 25 Apr 2017, 12:00 → 13:00 UTC

Maxwell Auditorium (ALBA Synchrotron)

Maxwell Auditorium

ALBA Synchrotron

Carrer de la Llum 2-26, 08290 Cerdanyola del Vallès (Barcelona)

Description

The European XFEL is getting ready to welcome first users later this year. This talk summarizes the scientific motivations and the main features of the new source and the accompanying instrumentation. The 17.5 GeV superconducting linac is presently commissioning with beam. It shall deliver up to 27, 000 ultrashort electron bunches per second to 3 different undulators (later to be upgraded to 5). The aim for full operation is to operate 3 experiments in parallel and to maximise scientific output by optimised X-ray optics, optical lasers, diagnostics, detectors and data acquisition. First lasing is expected in spring or summer this year, and first users in the fall.

Enric Vinyals

evinals@cells.es