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#BESSYBeamlineScientists: Ulrich Schade and IRIS

2019-07-17
By: Guestpost
On: 2019-07-17
In: BESSYBeamlineScientists, Careers, Lightsources

At the end of the 90s, a consortium of several German research institutions proposed a multi-purpose infrared beamline for the new electron storage ring BESSY II under the acronym IRIS (InfraRotInitiative Synchrotronstrahlung). Funded by two proposals to the BMBF the beamline started operating in 2002 as a Cooperative Research Groupe (CRG) beamline and turned into a BESSY-operated beamline in 2004 at the end of the BMBF funding period.Read More →

#BESSYBeamlineScientists: Dr. Mihaela Gorgoi and the EMIL beamline

2019-06-13
By: Guestpost
On: 2019-06-13
In: BESSYBeamlineScientists, Careers, Lightsources

I work at the EMIL beamline which is a very complex system. It provides light for the EMIL laboratory (Energy Materials In-situ Laboratory Berlin) by combining two undulators: UE48 for the soft X-ray range and cryo-cooled U17 for the hard X-ray range. It delivers an energy range from 80 eV to 10000 eV to five end-stations. It has ten mirror chambers to guide the light and three monochromators to select the required energies, and it has a length of 62 m while only 1 m width.Read More →

#BESSYBeamlineScientists: Dr. Annette Pietzsch and UE112 PGM-1

2019-05-13
By: Guestpost
On: 2019-05-13
In: BESSYBeamlineScientists, Careers, Lightsources

Each beamline at BESSY II has a dedicated beamline scientist. But who are they? In this little series you are going to find out.Read More →

Revolutionizing Quantum Energy Transfer

2018-08-14
By: Nikki Rahnamaei
On: 2018-08-14
In: Energymaterials, Students, Summerstudents

Quantum Mechanics Can Be Useful Too! Nowadays, it seems that quantum mechanics is seen more as “spooky” than practical. Thus, I am here to “de-mystify” some of the science behind a fascinating process that’s yet to be simulated properly. My research group investigates the theory behind what is called Interatomic Coulomb Electron Capture (ICEC). This fascinating universal quantum process is yet to be fully understood, and we are here to change that. Someday, this could be an incredibly useful tool to revolutionize atomic and quantum chemical energy transfers. ICEC In A Nutshell The general process includes 3 main steps that occur simultaneously. We’ve got two atoms, atom A andRead More →

From Student to Scientist

2018-08-06
By: Nikki Rahnamaei
On: 2018-08-06
In: Students, Summerstudents

Just a Student I am a physics student who has delved into my first theoretical physics internship. From this transition of student to scientist, I’ve gained some insights that have shifted my view on academia and the world of scientific research. Recently, I’ve learned a lot about what truly makes a scientist, or rather, the difference in attitude from that of a student. As an undergraduate student at University of Toronto, the topics I’ve learned have only been applied in the form of tests and exams. Ultimately, it’s when you leave the lecture halls and enter real research where you can begin to shift yourRead More →

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