Cooperations

The European XFEL company participates in the following networks and projects. Lists in alphabetical order within each category.

Cooperations with Research Institutions

CLPU
European XFEL and the Spanish Center for Ultrashort Ultraintense Pulsed Lasers (CLPU) in Salamanca cooperate to develop new ultrafast optical lasers to analyse physical and chemical processes in conjunction with the X-ray beams of the European XFEL. A Memorandum of Understanding was signed on 10 October 2011.
Further information: news 2011
CLPU homepage: www.clpu.es

DESY
The relationship between European XFEL and its main shareholder Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Germany, is unique. The two partners collaborate on construction, commissioning and operation of the facility on the basis of a long-term agreement.
Further information: Cooperation with DESY
DESY homepage: www.desy.de

EMBL
Cooperation between the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and the European XFEL. A Memorandum of Understanding was signed on 12 September 2011.
Further information: news 2011
EMBL homepage: www.embl.org

FERMI@Elettra
The Free-Electron Laser for Multidisciplinary Investigations (FERMI) is a FEL user facility located next to the third-generation synchrotron radiation facility ELETTRA in Trieste, Italy. Possible cooperations were discussed at a European XFEL workshop, which took place in Trieste on 16–17 December 2010.
FERMI@Elettra homepage: www.elettra.trieste.it/FERMI

Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin
A Memorandum of Understanding for a collaboration was signed on 11 March 2010 with the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB), Germany. The goal is to establish specific collaborations in soft X-ray optics and diagnostics to develop optical components, especially with respect to the expertise at the BESSY synchrotron.
HZB homepage: www.helmholtz-berlin.de

Kurchatov Institute
Cooperation with RRC Kurchatov Insitute in calculations of radiation parameters and organizing the European XFEL schools for young scientists in Moscow.
Further information: next school will be announced on European XFEL homepage in autumn 2012.
Institute homepage: www.kiae.ru/e/engl.html

LNLS
Cooperation between DESY, the European XFEL, and LNLS (Laboratório Nacional de Luz Síncroton). Cooperation agreement signed in Brasília on 5 May 2011.
Further information: news 2011
LNLS homepage: www.lnls.br

SLAC
Contacts with the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory at Stanford University in the USA provide an important opportunity to gain hands-on experience at an X-ray free-electron laser in operation.
SLAC homepage: www.slac.stanford.edu
LCLS homepage: slacportal.slac.stanford.edu

STFC
The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) in the UK develops the Large Pixel Detector (LPD) as well as hardware elements for the readout and data acquisition architecture.
STFC homepage: www.stfc.ac.uk

Southern Federal University
European XFEL GmbH and the Southern Federal University in Rostov, Russia, stated their interest in establishing a joint programme in education and research.
University homepage: http://dbs.sfedu.ru/www/site.english

Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography
Cooperaton with the Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography of the Russian Acedemy of Sciences (IC RAS) in growth and handling crystals for optical elements and organizing the European XFEL schools for young scientists in Moscow.
Further information: next school will be announced on European XFEL homepage in autumn 2012.
IC RAS homepage: crys.ras.ru/indexe.html

University College London
The clock and control hardware for the European XFEL detectors is being developed at the University College London.
UCL homepage: www.ucl.ac.uk

University of Hamburg
Cooperation between the European XFEL and the School of Mathematics, Informatics and Natural Sciences (MIN) at the University of Hamburg in research and teaching. The main focus is on exchanging know-how, implementing joint research projects, providing mutual access to experimental facilities and promoting students, PhD students and young scientists. An official contract was signed on 15 August 2011.
Further information: news 2011
MIN homepage: www.min.uni-hamburg.de/index_e.html

Uppsala University
Uppsala University and European XFEL cooperate in the field of X-ray science with focus on structural biology. Professor Janos Hajdu will act as a senior advisor to the Scientific Directors of the European XFEL GmbH and contribute his expertise to the construction of measuring stations and the realization of experiments. An agreement was signed on 15 October 2010.
Further information: news 2010
University homepage: www.uu.se

Participation in EU programmes

BioStruct-X
BioStruct-X is a consortium of 19 institutions from 11 EU member and associated states. European XFEL scientists will work with colleagues from leading international research centres to improve structure determination of biomolecules. The EU project was started in 2011.
Further information: news 2011
Biostruct-X homepage: www.biostruct-x.eu

CRISP
CRISP (Cluster of Research Infrastructures for Synergies in Physics) is an EU research network of 11 European research infrastructures currently being planned or under construction. CRISP receives funding from the EU Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013). The cooperation, which was initiated with a kick-off meeting on 17 October 2011, focuses on four key areas of physics: accelerator technology, physics instrumentation and experiments, detectors and data acquisition technologies, IT and data management systems.
Further information: news 2011
CRISP homepage: www.crisp-fp7.eu

Memberships in research cooperations

EIROforum
EIROforum is a collaboration between eight European Intergovernmental Research Organisations (EIROs): CERN, EFDA-JET, EMBL, ESA, ESO, ESRF, European XFEL, and ILL. Its mission is to combine resources, facilities, and expertise to support European science in reaching its full potential.
Further information: news 2010
EIROforum homepage: www.eiroforum.org

Science in School by EIROforum
Science in School is a free journal aiming to promote inspiring science teaching.
Science in School homepage: www.scienceinschool.org

Hard X-ray FEL collaboration (formerly FEL three-site meeting)
Collaboration between the LCLS, the Japanese SPring-8 Compact SASE Source (SCSS), and the Hamburg FEL projects (FLASH and European XFEL). Information about different projects are shared and topics of common interest identified in a meeting series.

Development and Use of Accelerator-Driven Photon Sources
European XFEL participates in the German-Russian bilateral funding programme “Development and Use of Accelerator-Driven Photon Sources”. Several projects have been approved.

Physics on Accelerators and Reactors of Western Europe
In November 2010, the European XFEL joined the “Physics on Accelerators and Reactors of Western Europe” programme of the Russian Ministry of Education and Science. The programme funds research stays of Russian scientists at large leading European research facilities.