Hamburg Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory

physics laboratory, Hamburg, Germany

Also known as: HASYLAB

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The Hamburg Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, known as HASYLAB, is a national user research facility within DESY in Hamburg, Germany. DESY is a leading center for high-energy particle physics research, funded by the German federal government and the city of Hamburg. HASYLAB utilizes the electron beam from the DORIS III storage ring to produce synchrotron radiation, which is electromagnetic energy emitted by charged particles moving near the speed of light when their paths are altered by a magnetic field.123

Scientists use this synchrotron radiation for research in fields such as molecular biology, materials science, chemistry, geophysics, and medicine. The intensity and frequency of this radiation are directly related to the strength of the magnetic field and the energy of the charged particles.13

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… and ultraviolet wavelengths) for the Hamburg Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory (HASYLAB). HASYLAB is a national user research facility administered within DESY that invites scientists to explore the applications of synchrotron-radiation research in molecular biology, materials science, chemistry, geophysics, and medicine.
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… and ultraviolet wavelengths) for the Hamburg Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory (HASYLAB). HASYLAB is a national user research facility administered within DESY that invites scientists to explore the applications of synchrotron-radiation research in molecular biology, materials science, chemistry, geophysics, and medicine.
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