Image: DESY A delegation from the prefectures Fukuoka and Saga on the Japanese island Kyushu visited two European labs, CERN and DESY, last week to learn about existing research infrastructures and the labs’ experiences with management, administration, local communication and a whole lot more. The region is one of two possible Japanese sites for the […]
Successful slamming with music and the ILC
Germany celebrates “Weltmaschine” LHC
If you ever take part in a science slam and really, really want to come first, here’s a tip: play music on stage. It worked when Brian Foster played the violin to slam about hidden dimensions back in March and it worked when LHC physicist Klaus Desch from Bonn University in Germany used a piano […]
Hungry for science
Open Day at DESY draws crowds of curious visitors
It’s hard to imagine that not too long ago the mention of particle physics would make people shrug and walk away. Last Saturday, the German lab DESY opened its doors to the public, and busloads of people – families, neighbours, groups of friends – flooded the campus. They tried their hands at manoeuvring overhead cranes, […]
A new lodger at HERA
Image: DESY The optical inspection system OBACHT at DESY moved to a new lab roughly 25 metres below the surface in one of the former experimental halls of the HERA accelerator. Becoming good neighbours – OBACHT and HERA!
Globetrotters made of niobium
Accelerator modules for the European XFEL are international
The European XFEL X-ray laser in Hamburg, Germany, will use accelerator modules of the newest generation. These high-tech devices are operated using superconducting technology at temperatures similar to those in outer space. The concept was developed and brought to practical application by the international TESLA collaboration, led by DESY. Meanwhile, the construction of the accelerator […]
Virtual tunnel
Humboldt Professor Brian Foster
Light through the wall – take 2
Preparations for ALPS II are in full swing
Bending a HERA magnet straight may sound bizarre, but it is an important prerequisite for ALPS II. Last year, the “light shining through a wall” experiment ALPS at DESY in Germany did not find the lightweight particles it was looking for, but it did obtain the best exclusion limits worldwide for hidden light particles. Thus, […]