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European XFEL

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The world's largest X-ray laser extends from the campus in Science City Hamburg Bahrenfeld to Schenefeld in Schleswig-Holstein.

Photo of the main building of European XFEL

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The main building of the European XFEL offers office and work space for 350 employees. The first floor houses laboratories where samples are prepared before being examined in the experimental hall below.

European XFEL is an international research facility in the Hamburg metropolitan region: 27,000 X-ray laser flashes per second and a luminosity that is a billion times higher than that of the best conventional X-ray radiation sources open up new research opportunities.

Research groups can use the European X-ray laser to decode atomic details of viruses and cells, film chemical reactions and investigate processes such as those inside planets.

The non-profit research organization employs more than 500 people. Twelve European countries are currently participating.

Photo of a researcher checking the technical setup of an experiment

European XFEL, Jan Hosan
Individual atoms or molecules are examined at the SQS experiment station.

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Dr. Bernd Ebeling

Group Manager, Press Spokesman

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