New Name - New Program
A change that means much more than just changing the name. The new name implies the new scientific focus for centre – as well as it’s membership to the Helmholtz Association, Germany’s largest scientific organization.
There are many good reasons for merging. First of all, it is practical for the scientific community to run and use both the existing neutron and synchrotron radiation sources in Berlin. Many research problems can be solved by using the sources complementary, e.g. issues in the fields of magnetism or supra conductivity. Experimenting and combining photons with neutrons will help to develop new findings vitally important for both fundamental research and developing modern materials, e.g. data storage. Moreover, the photovoltaics, a field of research in which the HMI holds outstanding skills, will benefit greatly. By linking the two large scale facilities, highly innovative and unique research opportunities will be created for the development of new highly effective thin film solar cells.
All users who want to use both neutrons and synchrotron light will benefit from the merger. Leading researchers of the new Helmholtz Centre will proceed the way by continuing with their own research projects under one roof.
The synchrotron radiation source BESSY II as well as the neutron source BER II of the Hahn-Meitner-Institut are considered world-wide as two highly distinguished facilities, which are highly frequented and attract annually more than 2.000 scientists from 35 countries. Starting in 2009, the new Helmholtz-Centre consolidated within the Helmholtz Association will manage both large scale facilities and ease a combined access to them for external use. Both sites hope to benefit. At Wannsee (Lise-Meitner-Campus) as well as in Adlershof (Wilhelm-Conrad-Röntgen-Campus) high-class future projects are being planned. At Wannsee, the world’s strongest magnet is being built, in Adlershof plans for an Energy Recovery Linac are in the proposal stage. In addition to that, a competence center for photovoltaics is in development from which research and industry intend to establish the production of next generation thin film solar cells in Germany. With the merger of HMI and BESSY Berlin gains a competitive powerful Helmholtz Centre, creating innovative and unique research opportunities to essentially contribute to the structural analysis of complex materials.
Addresses:
Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin
für Materialien und EnergieLise-Meitner-Campus
Hahn-Meitner-Platz 1 (before Glienicker Str. 100)
14109 BerlinWilhelm-Conrad-Röntgen-Campus
Albert-Einstein-Str. 15
12489 Berlin
