European XFEL Season’s Greetings 2008
Commissioning of the companies, start on 8 January
European XFEL has a new look
Road upgrade in Schenefeld
High decoration for Jochen R. Schneider
Main hurdle cleared for the foundation of the European XFEL GmbH
“Young Investigator FEL Prize” for Michael Röhrs
Preparing for the construction, start of construction work in early 2009
Successful commissioning of new far-infrared beamline at FLASH
Call for tenders: Upgrading of Holzkoppel street in Schenefeld
Cutting of trees to prepare XFEL construction sites until 15 March 2008
As of now: European XFEL in the Albert-Einstein-Ring
The Second European XFEL Users’ Meeting during the photon-week at DESY

Successful commissioning of new far-infrared beamline at FLASH

In February, a new beam pipe was successfully commissioned at FLASH. The nearly 70 metres long beamline transports very long-wavelength radiation into the FLASH experimental hall. The radiation with a wavelength between one and 200 micrometres (so-called far-infrared or FIR radiation) is generated in a special undulator installed in the accelerator tunnel. More…

Source: DESY inForm – Issue April 2008