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The High Energy Density scientific instrument at the European XFEL

  • Ulf Zastrau
  • , Karen Appel
  • , Carsten Baehtz
  • , Oliver Baehr
  • , Lewis Batchelor
  • , Andreas Berghauser
  • , Mohammadreza Banjafar
  • , Erik Brambrink
  • , Valerio Cerantola
  • , Thomas E. Cowan
  • , Horst Damker
  • , Steffen Dietrich
  • , Samuele Di Dio Cafiso
  • , Joern Dreyer
  • , Hans-Olaf Engel
  • , Thomas Feldmann
  • , Stefan Findeisen
  • , Manon Foese
  • , Daniel Fulla-Marsa
  • , Sebastian Goede
  • Mohammed Hassan, Jens Hauser, Thomas Herrmannsdoerfer, Hauke Hoeppner, Johannes Kaa, Peter Kaever, Klaus Knofel, Zuzana Konopkova, Alejandro Laso Garcia, Hanns-Peter Liermann, Jona Mainberger, Eike-Christian Martens, Emma E. McBride, Dominik Moeller, Motoaki Nakatsutsumi, Alexander Pelka, Christian Plueckthun, Clemens Prescher, Thomas R. Preston, Michael Roeper, Andreas Schmidt, Wolfgang Seidel, Jan-Patrick Schwinkendorf, Markus O. Schoelmerich, Ulrich Schramm, Andreas Schropp, Cornelius Strohm, Konstantin Sukharnikov, Peter Talkovski, Ian Thorpe, Monika Toncian, Toma Toncian, Lennart Wollenweber, Shingo Yamamoto, Thomas Tschentscher

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Abstract

The European XFEL delivers up to 27000 intense (>1012 photons) pulses per second, of ultrashort (≤50 fs) and transversely coherent X-ray radiation, at a maximum repetition rate of 4.5 MHz. Its unique X-ray beam parameters enable groundbreaking experiments in matter at extreme conditions at the High Energy Density (HED) scientific instrument. The performance of the HED instrument during its first two years of operation, its scientific remit, as well as ongoing installations towards full operation are presented. Scientific goals of HED include the investigation of extreme states of matter created by intense laser pulses, diamond anvil cells, or pulsed magnets, and ultrafast X-ray methods that allow their diagnosis using self-amplified spontaneous emission between 5 and 25 keV, coupled with X-ray monochromators and optional seeded beam operation. The HED instrument provides two target chambers, X-ray spectrometers for emission and scattering, X-ray detectors, and a timing tool to correct for residual timing jitter between laser and X-ray pulses.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1393-1416
JournalJournal of Synchrotron Radiation
Volume28
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 01 Sept 2021
Externally publishedYes

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