Workshop BESSY VSR
Scientists will discuss the novel approach "BESSY VSR" to create long and short photon pulses simultaneously for all beam lines in the Storage Ring BESSY II.
On October 14-15, 2013 the BESSY VSR - Workshop "The Variable pulse length Synchrotron Radiation source" will be held at the Wilhelm-Conrad Röntgen Campus of the HZB in the lecture hall of BESSY II. We would kindly like to invite you to take part and discuss the unique science possibilities that BESSY VSR can provide.
BESSY VSR is a novel approach to create in the Storage Ring BESSY II long and short photon pulses simultaneously for all beam lines through a pair of superconducting bunch compression cavities. BESSY VSR represents also a missing link between the extreme average brilliance of ultimate storage rings like PETRA III and Free Electron Lasers.
With the BESSY VSR workshop "The variable pulse length Synchrotron Radiation source" the HZB opens for the first time a public debate on BESSY VSR.
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