60 years of DESY

Mundzeck, Till; Wilhelmsen, Ute

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60 years of DESY: 1959 - 2019 anniversary issue

Mundzeck, T. (Editor)DESY* ; Wilhelmsen, U. (Editor)DESY* ; Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, DESY

2020
Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, DESY Hamburg

Femto 20(1), 58 pages (2020) [10.3204/PUBDB-2021-00891]

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Abstract: When DESY was founded 60 years ago, the goal was clear: The new research centre was to explore the basic building blocks that make up our world and the forces acting between them. The tools needed for the task were quite sizeable: accelerators able to push tiny particles to close to the speed of light before making them collide with each other. The hopes placed in the new research centre were fulfilled, and over the decades, DESY’s accelerators have made numerous important discoveries. But particle accelerators are capable of more: They can also be used to produce the most brilliant X-rays in the world, providing insights into the structure of matter that cannot be achieved by any other means. Today, DESY is not only the national German laboratory for particle physics; it has also evolved into a leading international centre for research using X-rays. Meanwhile, scientists at DESY are already working on entirely new designs for compact particle accelerators for future applications. Moreover, researchers at DESY’s Zeuthen site are studying the gigantic natural particle accelerators found in space in order to better understand how our universe has evolved.

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Milestones : 60 years of science – a recap
Campus of the future : International research community, top-class particle accelerators and institutes of world renown
The research pioneer : Henry Chapman thinks in new ways about many different fields
A brilliant ring : PETRA III provides X-ray insights for medicine and materials science
Forge for new materials : How X-rays and artificial intelligence are helping the development of new implants
Paver of paths : Matthias Wilmanns is moving research into infectious diseases forward on the campus
Frosty cameras : Using cryo-electron microscopes to study cells and viruses
The pioneer machine : The free-electron laser FLASH was the first to produce ultrashort X-ray laser pulses
The plasma surfers : DESY is developing innovative technologies for the accelerators of the future
The water institute : Water is life – but what in fact is water, and what part does it play in the universe?
The nano combiner : Robert Blick trains his sights on structures that are no larger than a speck of dust
The protein tamers : To watch biomolecules in action, they first need to be trapped
The planet simulator : X-ray laser flashes from the European XFEL simulate events deep inside the Earth
Quick as a flash : At the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, every fraction of a second counts
The data Dorado : A centre that brings together the computer sciences
The big bang theory : Scientists at the Wolfgang Pauli Centre are developing models for theoretical physics
Very versatile : Erika Garutti develops detectors for a wide range of applications
The astroparticle physics hub : At DESY’s Zeuthen site, scientists are searching for cosmic messengers
The particle hunter : Markus Ackermann travels to the South Pole in search of cosmic neutrinos
The enablers : DESY’s infrastructure is ideally set up for the campus of the future
City of science : The Science City Bahrenfeld will bring together science, business and quality of life