Laser installations

Laser and light installations in Hamburg and Schenefeld on the occasion of the start of European XFEL

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On the occasion of the start of European XFEL five laser lights shone westwards through Hamburg’s evening sky to Schenefeld at a height of 50 metres.

It is in Schenefeld, that the world’s brightest X-ray light arrives in the underground experiment hall. The laser over Hamburg and the message projected on the Kaispeicher warehouse at the base of Hamburg’s new concert hall and landmark, the Elbphilharmonie, welcomed the European XFEL to the metropolitan area of Hamburg.

The lasers were set off from the Elbphilharmonie, the Philosopher’s Tower at the University of Hamburg, the E-Hochhaus building at the Hamburg University of Arts and Sciences (HAW Hamburg), the Hamburg Planetarium, and the offices of the Hamburg Department for Science, Research, and Equality (BWFG).

In Schenefeld, five other lasers at the same height highlighted the underground path of the tunnel fan of the European XFEL.

Read the German press release from the Hamburg Ministry of Science, Research and Equal Opportunities.

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