DESY
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DESY - located in Hamburg and in Zeuthen, Germany -
is one of the five large accelerator centers in the world.
Currently operating at DESY is 6.3-kilometer-long
particle accelerator HERA (Hadron Electron Ring Accelerator).
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TESLA
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The linear accelerator TESLA
(TeV-Energy Superconducting Linear Accelerator)
is planned to come
into operation by 2011/2012.
33-kilometer-long linear accelerator
will extend from DESY Hamburg to the
northern border of the Pinneberg district.
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TESLA uses a new kind of technology: superconducting resonators
fabricated from the metal niobium, which first had to be developed
in the requisite quality.
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The collisions of electrons and positrons at previously unattained energy
levels, make it possible that particle physicists have a deeper and closer
insight into the structure and origin of matter and the universe,
as ever before.
New particles can be produced,
like the "Higgs" and "SUSY" particles.
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X-FEL
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The TESLA electron accelerator will be the driver of several new
X-ray lasers (Free Electron Lasers - FEL).
They will provide coherent, polarised X-rays with
peak brilliances that are more than a 100 million times higher
than what is available today from the best synchrotron radiation sources.
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The ultra short X-ray flashes will enable scientists to make actual
motion pictures of the microcosm. They will be able to observe the
sequence of a chemical reaction, how solids form or how a virus is
contaminating a living cell.
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More information about TESLA.
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