In-kind contributions

Much of the European XFEL's equipment was provided by a variety of European institutes through in-kind contributions. The value of in-kind contributions to the facility amounted to around 50% of the total construction and commissioning budget.

Over 20 institutes across Europe contributed equipment, components, or staff to the European XFEL's construction and commissioning. Each in-kind contribution (IKC) began as a proposal that had to be reviewed by the in-kind review committee (IKRC) and approved by the European XFEL Management Board (for contributions below 1 million euro) or Council (for higher-value contributions, following recommendation by the Administrative and Finance Committee). In the following table, the total values for each country's IKCs are listed.

Abbreviation
Country
Number of IKCs
IKC value (k€)
DK
Denmark

2

4 087

FR
France

4

36 000

DE
Germany

36

446 529

IT
Italy

3

33 000

PL
Poland

5

19 131

RU
Russia

13

42 026

ES
Spain

4

8 071

SE
Sweden

9

4 882

CH
Switzerland

2

8 835

UK
United Kingdom

1

1332

TOTAL
 

79

603 886

Denmark

DTU, Physics Department, Copenhagen

Technical University of Denmark, Physics Department

Contributions:

  • DK01 (WP-81): Design, production, and commissioning of several components for the scientific instrument FXE
  • DK02 (WP-81, WP-82, WP-83, WP-84) - X-ray beam delivery units: Design, production, and commissioning of X-ray beam delivery units for Work Packages 81, 82, 83, and 84

France

CNRS (IN2P3), Orsay

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique – Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules

Contributions:

  • FR01 (WP-05) - Production of 670 power couplers and RF conditioning and delivery of 812 power couplers

CEA (IRFU), Saclay

Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives – Institut de Recherche sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers

Contributions:

  • FR02 (WP-09) - Assembly of cavity strings: Assembly in clean room of 103 strings of 8 superconducting cavities each
  • FR03 (WP-03) - Assembly of cryomodules: Assembly of cryomodules of the superconducting linac, alignment, tests, leak checks, and delivery to AMTF hall
  • FR04 (WP-17) - Re-entrant cavity BPMs for the Beam Position Monitor System; design, production, delivery, and commissioning

Germany

DESY, Hamburg

Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron

Contributions:

  • DE01 (WP-01) - RF system: design & development of the high power RF system. Procurement, installation, and commissioning of; HV pulse modulators, Klystrons, power supplies, preamplifiers, RF interlocks, RF cables and waveguide systems
  • DE02 (WP-02) - Low Level Radio Frequency System: controllers for the superconducting cavities, design and procurement of hardware and software, installation, and commissioning
  • DE03 (WP-03) - Accelerator Modules: Procurement, Installation and commissioning of accelerator modules
  • DE04 (WP-04) - Superconducting cavities: definition of processes for cavity preparation and assembly, cavities production, adjustment and calibration, delivery to CEA Saclay
  • DE05 (WP-05) - Power couplers: design and procurement of interlock and control electronics, follow-up of IKC by CNRS, commissioning
  • DE07 (WP-07) - Frequency tuner: design, qualification of components, procurement, assembly of mechanism for frequency tuning and stabilization of each accelerator cavity
  • DE08 (WP-08) - Cold vacuum: specifications and design of components, follow-up of BINP contribution, installation, and commissioning
  • DE09 (WP-09) - Supervision of cavity strings assembly: procedures of assembly of 8-cavities string in ISO-4 clean room, cavities transport rack, follow-up and control of activities at CEA Saclay during assembly in series
  • DE10 (WP-10) - Cryogenics for the AMTF: Infrastructure and cryogenic components for the AMTF hall; magnet test cryostat, 2 helium pumps, pipeline bridge, 2 valve boxes, subcooler box, helium storage dewar, cryogenics control system, shielding of 3 test stands.
  • DE11 (WP-11) - Current leads and tests of the super-conducting magnets: specifications and design of a superconducting magnet package including a superferric quadrupole and 2 nested deflecting dipoles using special current leads, to be mounted inside each cryomodule
  • DE12 (WP-12) - Warm magnets: overall layout, specifications, coordination of contributions by BINP and Efremov Institute, installation and commissioning of about 700 magnets
  • DE13 (WP-13) - Cryogenic supply to the Accelerator Complex: Cryogenics for linac, XFEL Helium refrigerator, pipeline bridge to XSE, XFEL cryogenic process controls, follow-up of IKCs by BINP and IHEP, coordination of installation and commissioning
  • DE14 (WP-14) - Photocathode laser, solenoid magnets, and cathode system
  • DE15 (WP-15) - Bunch Compression and Start-to-End Simulation
  • DE16 (WP-16) - Lattice: Beam optics design and beam kickers
  • DE17 (WP-17) - Standard Electron Beam Diagnostics: Button and Cavity BPMs, screen monitors, beam intensity and loss monitors, coordination of IKCs by CEA, PSI and IHEP, commissioning
  • DE17b (WP-17) - Standard Electron beam diagnostics
  • DE18 (WP-18) - Synchronisation and special diagnostics: Special e-beam diagnostics; TDS specifications and follow-up of contract with INR, control system and synchronization with master clock, installation and commissioning
  • DE19 (WP-19) - Warm vacuum: design and procurement of vacuum chambers and of control electronics, follow-up of contract with BINP, installation and commissioning
  • DE20 (WP-20) - Beam Dumps: specifications, design of exchange vehicle, follow-up of contract with IHEP, performing tests and commissioning
  • DE21 (WP-21) - FEL Concepts: reference design base of the FEL layout, calculation of SASE parameters
  • DE28 (WP-28) - Accelerator Control System
  • DE32 (WP-32) - Survey & Alignment: manpower and instrumentation for alignment of equipment in the tunnels
  • DE33 (WP-33) - Tunnel Installation: manpower for planning, preparing and executing the complete tunnel installation
  • DE34 (WP-34) - Utilities: Utilities in buildings and tunnels; system design, procurement, installation and commissioning
  • DE34a (WP-34) - Prototype development and series production of regulation electronics and of voltage measurement for the quench detection and feed through protection for power supplies of the super-conducting magnets  
  • DE34b (WP-34) - “Utilities” here IT infrastructure
  • DE35 (WP-35) - Radiation Safety: guidelines, supervision and control, detectors and monitoring
  • DE36 (WP-36) - General Safety
  • DE38 (WP-38) - Personnel Interlock: system design, procurement and installation on site
  • DE39 (WP-39) - EMC Electro Magnetic Compatibility; rules and guideline, follow-up and control of all concerned equipment and activities
  • DE40 (WP-40) - Information and process support
  • DE45 (WP-45) - AMTF Hall and technical infrastructure: construction of the hall and installation of utilities
  • DE46 (WP-46) - High power RF system, tuner electronics, diagnostics, vacuum accessories, module assembly, components, and system tests; 3.9 GHz module, coordination and commissioning
  • DECO - Commissioning of the European XFEL

Italy

INFN, Milano

Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare

Contributions:

  • IT01 (WP-04) - Production, tests and delivery of Niobium cavities (50%)
  • IT02 (WP-03) - Production and delivery to Saclay of 25 cryomodule pressure vessels
  • IT03 (WP-46) - Production and delivery of the 3.9 GHz accelerator module

Poland

NCBJ, Świerk

National Centre for Nuclear Research

Contributions:

  • PL01 (WP-06) - For the Design, production, test and delivery of; the Higher Order Mode couplers, and the Beam Line Absorbers for the Accelerator Complex of the European XFEL Facility
  • PL08 (WP-91) - Production of PLC (Programmable Logic Controller) crates for six instruments

 

WUT, Wrocław

Wrocław University of Technology

Contributions:

  • PL04 (WP-10) - Design, production, test and delivery of cryogenic components for the AMTF Hall; Cryogenic transfer line XATL1 and two vertical test stands and accessories

 

IFJ-PAN, Kraków

The Henryk Niewodniczański Institute for Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Science

Contributions:

  • PL05 (WP-10) - Tests of cavities and cryomodules: Qualification tests of all Nb cavities and of all cryomodules in the AMTF hall; procedures, logistics, QA issues, test reports, database management
  • PL07 (WP-11) - Tests of cold magnets: Tests of all cold magnets in the AMTF hall; procedure, logistics, QA issues, test reports, database management

Russia

JINR, Dubna

Joint Institute for Nuclear Research

Contributions:

  • RU03 (WP-74) -  Design, development, production and delivery of MCP based detectors

 

IHEP, Protvino

Institute for High Energy Physics

Contributions:

  • RU07 (WP-13) – Procurement and delivery of Cryogenic equipment: design, production, delivery, installation and commissioning
  • RU08 (WP-20) - Procurement and delivery of Beam Dumps: design, production, and tests of 5 Main Dumps and 2 Injector Dumps, including supports, shielding and exchange tools
  • RU09 (WP-17) - Production and delivery of Mechanical components and scintillators for the Beam Loss Monitors: production, assembly and tests

 

NIIEFA, St Petersburg

D.V. Efremov Scientific Research Institute of Electrophysical Apparatus

Contributions:

  • RU11 (WP-12) - Production and delivery of warm magnets: design, production and delivery

 

BINP, Novosibirsk

Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Siberian Branch of Academy of Science

Contributions:

  • RU17 (WP-12) - Production and delivery of 125 “warm” magnets of type XQA: design, production, tests and delivery to Stockholm
  • RU18 (WP-08) - Design, production and delivery of vacuum components
  • RU19 (WP-19) - Design, production and delivery of vacuum components
  • RU20 (WP-10) - Design, production and delivery of 3 test stands for the AMTF: including moving supports, feed boxes, feed & end caps, adapters, transfer lines and assembly
  • RU21 (WP-34) - Design, production and delivery of power supplies for corrector magnets
  • RU24 (WP-13) - Design, production and delivery of cryogenic equipment: XLVB Linac Valve Box and XICE components; installation and commissioning
  • RU25 (WP-12) - Production and delivery of 22 coil sets for XQK warm magnets

 

INR, Moscow

Institute for Nuclear Research, Russian Academy of Science

Contributions:

  • RU22 (WP-18) - Transverse Deflecting Structures and High Power RF Systems for the TDS Systems:  design, production, delivery and commissioning

Spain

CELLS, Barcelona

Consortium for Construction, Equipment, Exploitation of the Synchrotron Light Laboratory

Contributions:

  • ES01 (WP-71): Payment for 7 mechanical support systems for the undulators

 

CIEMAT, Madrid

Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas

Contributions:

  • ES02 (WP-11): Cold magnets: design, production, tests, and delivery to DESY of 103 magnets
  • ES04 (WP-71): 91 Phase shifters and Quadrupole movers for the undulators intersections: design, prototypes, series production, and delivery to DESY

 

UPM, Madrid

Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

Contributions:

  • ES03 (WP-34): 222 Power supplies (4 types) for the cold quadrupole and dipole magnets: design, prototypes, series production, tests, and delivery to DESY

Sweden

KTH, Stockholm

Royal Institute of Technology

Contributions:

  • SE02 (WP-73) - Heat load investigations on diffractive optics: fabrication of "zone plate" nanostructures on diamond substrate, simulations of heat transport, design of cooling systems, and heat load tests with beam

 

MSL, Stockholm

Manne Siegbahn Lab at Stockholm University

Contributions:

  • SE04 (WP-12) – Characterization and Fiducialization of Undulator quadrupoles: measurement of the magnetic axis with 2-micrometer resolution, measurement of distance between magnetic axis and fiducials within 50 micrometers
  • SE06 (WP-71) - Temperature measurement system for undulators: system design and validation, production and delivery of temperature sensors

 

Physto, Stockholm

Physics Department at Stockholm University

Contributions:

  • SE05 (WP-28) - Accelerator Control System: configuration and authentication management

 

UU, Uppsala

Uppsala University

Contributions:

  • SE01 (WP-79) - Sample injector and diagnostic system: design, production and delivery of a sample injector and catcher system with laser-based injector alignment, and of optical probes to record plasma emission at the interaction point
  • SE03 (WP-14) - Laser heater: Laser heater system for the injector; design, production, test, delivery, and commissioning
  • SE08 (WP-84) - Secondment of staff for research in the field of structural biology

Switzerland

PSI, Villigen

Paul Scherrer Institut

Contributions:

  • CH03 (WP-17) – Standard Electron Beam Diagnostics: design, production, installation, and commissioning
  • CH04 (WP-16) - Transverse Intra-Bunch Train Feedback System

United Kingdom

Science and Technology Facilities Council
Contributions:

  • Train builder and large pixel detector

Further information

For further information please see the Technical Design Report.