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DESY

DESY, short for Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (English: German Electron Synchrotron), is a national research centre for fundamental science located in Hamburg and Zeuthen near Berlin in Germany. It operates particle accelerators used to investigate the structure, dynamics and function of matter, and conducts a broad spectrum of interdisciplinary…

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Affiliations
Helmholtz Association
Budget
c. € 359 million (2024)
Campus
Hamburg-Bahrenfeld, Zeuthen
Director
Beate Heinemann
Established
18 December 1959 (1959-12-18)
Field of research
Particle accelerators · Particle physics · Photon science · Astroparticle physics

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Particle accelerators and other facilities

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History

Chairpersons of the DESY Directorate

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DESY

Nodes130
Edges129
Triples212
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.015385
Components1

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related to history · 28
DESY → According, ARGUS, CERN, December, DESY's, DORIS, Double Ring Storage Facility, Electron Ring Accelerator, Electron Tandem Ring Facility, From, H1, Hadron, Hamburg, HERA, HERA's, HERA-B, HERMES, In, JADE, Large Hadron Collider
related to Computing · 22
DESY → Analysis Facility, As, ATLAS, Belle II, CMS, DCache, General Parallel File System, GPFS, IceCube, IDAF, In, Interdisciplinary Data, It, Large Hadron Collider, LHC, LHCb, NAF, National Analysis Facility, The Maxwell HPC Cluster, Tier-2
related to Zeuthen · 19
DESY → Academy, After World War II, Berlin, Following German, GDR, German, German Democratic Republic, German Postal Ministry, High Energy Physics, Hochenergiephysik IfH, In, Institut, Institute, It, January, Sciences, The, X-ray, Zeuthen
related to Chairpersons of the DESY Directorate · 18
DESY → Accelerators, Albrecht Wagner2009, April, Astroparticle Physics, Beate Heinemann, Bjørn, Chairpersons, Directorate, Founding Director1971, Helmut Doschsince, Herwig Schopper1981, March, Particle Physics, Photon Science, Volker Soergel1993, Wiik1999, Willibald Jentschke, Wolfgang Paul1973
related to Joint research centres · 13
DESY → Center, CFEL, CSSB, CXNS, Free-Electron Laser Science, Hamburg, Investigation, Nano Science, Structural, Structural Systems Biology, The DESY, These, X-ray
related to Other facilities · 13
DESY → Accelerators, ARES, AXSIS, DORIS, FLASH, FLASHForward, KALDERA, REGAE, Short Innovative Bunches, SINBAD, The, The LUX, X-ray
related to Functions and mission · 12
DESY → Belle II, Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory, DESY's, European X-Ray Free-Electron Laser, Germany, IceCube Neutrino Observatory, In, It, Japan, Large Hadron Collider, South Pole, Switzerland
related to HERA · 12
DESY → DESY's, Electron Ring Accelerator, Germany's, H1, Hadron, HERA, HERA-B, HERMES, It, The HERA, Until, ZEUS
related to Budget and financing · 11
DESY → Brandenburg, Free, German, German Federal Ministry, Hamburg, Hanseatic City, In, Research, Space, Technology, The
related to Research areas · 10
DESY → Accelerators, Astroparticle Physics, European XFEL, FLASH2020, In, Particle Physics, PETRA IV, Photon Science, Research, The Accelerator

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physics research particle hamburg accelerator facility synchrotron experiments science petra accelerators photon electron storage radiation x-ray ring doris since used

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DESYAffiliationsHelmholtz Association1.00infobox
DESYBudgetc. € 359 million (2024)1.00infobox
DESYCampusHamburg-Bahrenfeld, Zeuthen1.00infobox
DESYDirectorBeate Heinemann1.00infobox
DESYEstablished18 December 1959 (1959-12-18)1.00infobox
DESYField of researchParticle accelerators1.00infobox
DESYField of researchParticle physics1.00infobox
DESYField of researchPhoton science1.00infobox
DESYField of researchAstroparticle physics1.00infobox
DESYLocationNotkestraße 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany Platanenallee 6, 15738 Zeuthen, Germany .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inlin…1.00infobox
DESYMotto"The Decoding of Matter"1.00infobox
DESYResearch typeFundamental research1.00infobox
DESYStaff3,000 (plus over 3,000 guest scientists p.a.)1.00infobox
DESYStudentsc. 500 PhD students and postdocs1.00infobox
DESYWebsitedesy.de1.00infobox

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